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Key facts
- Country
- Ecuador
- Created
- February 18, 1973
- Named after
- Galápagos Islands
- Capital
- Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
- Largest city
- Puerto Ayora
- Cantons
- List of cantons Isabela San Cristóbal Santa Cruz
- Prefect
- Position abolished
- Governor
- Edwin Altamirano Trujillo
- Province
- 8,010 km (3,090 sq mi)
- Land
- 7,882 km (3,043 sq mi)
- Highest elevation
- 1,710 m (5,610 ft)
- Lowest elevation
- 0 m (0 ft)
- Density
- 3.626/km (9.392/sq mi)
- Urban
- 22,741
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( GALT )
- Area code
- (0)5
- Iso 3166 code
- EC-W
- Vehicle registration
- W
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Provincia de Galápagos
- Demonym
- galapagueño/a
- Country
- Ecuador
- Located in
- Ecuador
- Contains
- Santa Cruz Canton
- Capital
- Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
- Official language
- Spanish
- Population
- 1346
- Area
- 8233.11
- Elevation
- 700
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Official website
- www.gobiernogalapagos.gob.ec
- Dialing code
- 04
- Licence plate code
- W
- Said to be same as
- Galapagos Islands
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- Commons category
- Galápagos Province
- topic's main category
- Category:Galápagos Province
- inception
- 1973-02-18
- native label
- Galápagos
- coextensive with
- Galapagos Islands
- different from
- Galapagos Islands
- postal code
- EC20
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Encyclopedic overview
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Galápagos Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.