What countries does the equator touch?

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Why: Mike is going to Colombia in November. He described it as "South of the Border," which it totally is, but I was thinking "Southern Hemisphere." We got to talking about how far south the equator actually is and ended up pulling up a map. I'm still thinking about it.

Answer: It touches 13 countries!

1. Brazil
2. Colombia
3. Democratic Republic of the Congo
4. Ecuador
5. Gabon
6. Indonesia (on 5 different islands [out of 17,508])
   
7. Kenya
8. Kiribati (only water, not land)
   
9. Maldives (samesies)
   
10. Republic of the Congo
11. São Tomé and Príncipe
12. Somalia
13. Uganda

(Equator in red, prime meridian in blue)

Source: Wikipedia, infoplease

The More You Know: There are a bunch of these signs throughout Kenya along the thing. I have some pictures standing under one of them 10 years ago, but I don't know where they are.

Also, just in case you are ever in the Cash Cab, the Galapagos Islands are a part of Ecuador.