Galápagos Province

Galápagos
Galápagos; Provincia de Galápagos
	Province
	Province o Galápagos
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	Eik-name(s): ARCHIPIELAGO OF GALAPAGOS
	Location o Galápagos Province
	Cantons o Galápagos Province
Kintra	Ecuador
Creatit	18 Februar 1973
Named for	Galápagos Islands
Caipital	Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
Cantons	Leet o cantons Isabela; San Cristóbal; Santa Cruz;
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Jorge Torres (2008-)
Area
• Province	45000 km2 (17,000 sq mi)
• Laund	8010 km2 (3,090 sq mi)
Highest elevation	1710 m (5,610 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2006)
• Province	19,184
• Density	0.43/km2 (1.1/sq mi)
• Urban	16,317
	Galápagos wis the anerlie province measured in the 2006 census.
Time zone	UTC-6 (GALT)
Area code(s)	(0)5

Galápagos is a province o Ecuador in the kintra's Insular region, locatit approximately 1,000 km (620 mi) aff the wastren coast o the mainland. The caipital is Puerto Baquerizo Moreno.

Galápagos

The province admeenisters the Galápagos Islands, a group o tiny volcanic islands that sit on the equator. The Galápagos Islands hae for centuries captured the interest o fowk frae aw ower the globe acause o its unique biodiversity that wis made famous bi Charles Darwin an his theory o evolution.

History

It is estimatit that the islands wur formit 8 million years ago as a result o tectonic activity on the seabed. The airchipelago wis likely inhabitit lang ago: the splorer Thor Heyerdahl in 1963 reportit that he foond the Inca airchaeological steids an objects. The Galapagos Islands wur discovered bi chance on 10 Mairch 1535, when the Dominican friar Fray Tomas de Berlanga, Bishop o Panama, went tae Peru in pursuance o an order o the Spainyie monarch, Charles V, tae arbitrate in a dispute atween Francisco Pizarro an his subordinates efter the conquest o the Inca Empire. Acause o a calm an strang currents, the ship o Bishop wis draggit tae the Galapagos. In chronicling his adventur, directit frae Portoviejo Emperor Charles V on the discovery o the Galapagos Islands, Berlanga describit the bleak desert conditions in the islands an the giant tortoises that inhabitit them.

Poleetical diveesions

Cantons

The province is dividit in three cantons, each encompassin a nummer o islands. Thay are:

Canton	Pop.	Aurie (km²)	Caipital	Principal islands
Isabela	1,780	5,367	Puerto Villamil	Darwin, Fernandina, Isabela, Wolf
San Cristóbal	6,142	849	Puerto Baquerizo Moreno	Española, Floreana, Genovesa, San Cristóbal, Santa Fe
Santa Cruz	11,262	1,794	Puerto Ayora	Baltra, Bartolomé, Marchena, North Seymour, Pinta, Pinzón, Rábida, Santa Cruz, Santiago
Galápagos	19,184	8,010	Puerto Baquerizo Moreno	^[1]