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14. This country hosts the highest mountain from the center of the earth, and

suffers frequent earthquakes, floods, landslides, droughts and volcanic eruptions

due to its high altitude and mountainous terrain. The Galapagos Islands "belong"

to this country

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This country struggles with poverty and violence and has the highest murder

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Chimborazo is still the highest mountain on Earth, at least when measured from the Earth's centre rather than sea level. Since our planet is a squashed sphere not a round one, and peaks close to the Equator get an extra few kilometres, Ecuador's tallest peak emerges supreme, the point on Earth closest to outer space

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im built like that:)

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