Galápagos Province
Galápagos Province
Provincia de Galápagos | |
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Satellite photo of the Galápagos islands | |
| Nickname: Archipelago of Galápagos | |
Location of Galápagos Province | |
Cantons of Galápagos Province | |
| Coordinates: 0°33′37″S 91°2′27″W / 0.56028°S 91.04083°W | |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Created | February 18, 1973 |
| Named after | Galápagos Islands |
| Capital | Puerto Baquerizo Moreno |
| Largest city | Puerto Ayora |
| Cantons | List of cantons |
| Government | |
| • Prefect | Position abolished |
| • Governor | Edwin Altamirano Trujillo |
| Area | |
| 8,010 km2 (3,092 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 7,882 km2 (3,042 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 1,710 m (5,610 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2022 census) | |
| 28,583 | |
| • Density | 3.6/km2 (9.2/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 22,741 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (GALT) |
| Area code | (0)5 |
| ISO 3166 code | EC-W |
| Vehicle registration | W |
| Languages | Spanish |
| HDI (2017) | 0.801 very high · 2nd |
| Website | www |
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Galápagos (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡaˈlapaɣos]) is a province of Ecuador in the country's Insular region, located approximately 1,000 km (620 mi) off the western coast of the mainland. The capital is Puerto Baquerizo Moreno.
The province administers the Galápagos Islands, a group of tiny volcanic islands that sit on the equator, famous for their unique biodiversity popularized by naturalist Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution.