Galápagos Province
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.
This article is about the province. For the geography and biology, see Galápagos Islands.
Galápagos Province
Provincia de Galápagos
February 18, 1973
Edwin Altamirano Trujillo
7,880 km2 (3,042 sq mi)
1,710 m (5,610 ft)
0 m (0 ft)
28,583
1.1/km2 (2.7/sq mi)
22,741
(0)5
EC-W
W
Spanish
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.
Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:[5]