Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
Puerto Baquerizo Moreno is the caipital o the Galápagos Province, in Ecuador. It is locatit alang the soothwastren coast o San Cristóbal, the eastmaist island in the airchipelago.
Puerto Baquerizo Moreno | |
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Toun | |
 View o San Cristoban | |
 Coat airms | |
| Motto(s): "Capital del Paraíso" - "Paradise's Caipital" | |
  Puerto Baquerizo Moreno | |
| Coordinates: 00°54′09″S 89°36′33″W / 0.90250°S 89.60917°W | |
| Kintra | Ecuador |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Ab. Pedro Zapata |
| Elevation | 2 m (7 ft) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 4,816 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 |
| Website | www.sancristobalgalapagos.gov.ec (in Spaingie) |
Even tho it is the caipital, the toun haes the seicont lairgest population: 5,600 inhabitants, mainly fishermen. The primar industries are artisan fishin, tourism, an arable fermin. The toun includes an Interpretation Center, but its tourism infrastructur is no as advancit as in Puerto Ayora.
The ceety taks its name frae the preses Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (1859-1951), the first preses tae visit the Galápagos Islands durin his presidency.
Residents foondit an still operate the Albatross Foundation USA.
Climate eedit
Puerto Baquerizo Moreno haes an ateepical arid climate (Köppen climate classification BWh).
Despite bein less nor ane full latitudinal degree awa frae the Equator, temperaturs in the toun an the surroondin aurie on the island niver reach the unbearable hichts expectit for such an equatorial location. Temperaturs remain astonishingly similar year-roond, fluctuatin anerlie several degrees frae Januar means tae Julie means.
Housomeivver, twa saisons predominate: the ceuler, dry saison that typically lasts frae Juin tae November an brings licht drizzle, oceanic coastal fog, mild tae wairm temperaturs, an mainly owercast skies. Aw o these characteristics are evident due tae the presence o the cauld Humboldt Current that flows north frae Peru an Chile. Awtho this is considered the dry saison for the actual total rain amoont at this time is exceptionally licht, it tends tae precipitate vera slowly in the form o extremely licht drizzle an is aften accompaniet wi grey, owercast skies.
The wet saison lasts roughly frae Dizember tae May, an brings an abundance o bricht sunshine alang wi sporadically brief, yet aften intense, tropical thunnerstorms. Annual average precipitation amoonts tae approximately 288.8 mm (11.37 in), 86% o which faws in the five-month wet saison period spannin Dizember till Mey. Precipitation faws an average o 107 days a year (precipitation ≥ 0.004" / 0.1 mm).
| Climate data for Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average heich °F (°C) | 84 (29) |
86 (30) |
86 (30) |
86 (30) |
84 (29) |
81 (27) |
77 (25) |
75 (24) |
75 (24) |
77 (25) |
79 (26) |
81 (27) |
81 (27) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 79 (26) |
80 (27) |
80 (27) |
80 (27) |
78 (26) |
75 (24) |
72 (22) |
71 (22) |
70 (21) |
72 (22) |
73 (23) |
75 (24) |
75 (24) |
| Average law °F (°C) | 73 (23) |
73 (23) |
73 (23) |
73 (23) |
72 (22) |
70 (21) |
66 (19) |
66 (19) |
64 (18) |
66 (19) |
68 (20) |
70 (21) |
70 (21) |
| Average rainfaw inches (mm) | 1.89 (48) |
2.64 (67) |
3.35 (85) |
1.38 (35) |
0.63 (16) |
0.08 (2.0) |
0.16 (4.1) |
0.20 (5.1) |
0.28 (7.1) |
0.28 (7.1) |
0.20 (5.1) |
0.28 (7.1) |
11.37 (288.6) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 0.004 inch / 0.1 mm) | 12 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 107 |
| Mean monthly sunshine oors | 176.7 | 212.8 | 232.5 | 234.0 | 238.7 | 228.0 | 192.2 | 173.6 | 144.0 | 161.2 | 165.0 | 179.8 | 2,338.5 |
| Source: ClimateTemps [1] | |||||||||||||
Gallery eedit
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Harbour seen frae Playa Mann
Sister ceeties eedit
References eedit
- ↑
"Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands". www.climatemps.com. Retrieved 2012-12-5. Check date values in:
|accessdate=(help) - ↑ "Sister Cities: Chapel Hill & San Cristobal". Center for Galapagos Studies Development. 2011. Archived frae the original on 4 November 2011. Retrieved 15 Julie 2011.