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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

8,010[1][2] km2 (10,499 sq mi)

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

Spanish

0.801[4]
very high · 2nd

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.

74.5%

Mestizo

9.7%

White

7.0%

Indigenous

5.2%

Afro-Ecuadorian

1.9%

Montubio

Other 1.7%

Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:[5]

Provinces of Ecuador

Cantons of Ecuador

Galapagos National Park

Galapagos National Park

. Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.

"Galápagos Islands xeric scrub"

Galápagos geology, with general information on the Galápagos Islands

INEC map of the cantons

Parishes within the cantons