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Puerto Ayora
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Place details
- Locality
- Puerto Ayora
- Region
- Galápagos
- Country
- Ecuador
- Population
- 12,696
- Timezone
- Pacific/Galapagos
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Ecuador
- Province
- Galápagos
- Canton
- Santa Cruz
- Parishes
- List of urban parishes
- Town
- 2.71 km (1.05 sq mi)
- Density
- 4,690/km (12,100/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( GALT )
- Climate
- BSh
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Puerto Ayora
- Demonym
- Ayorense
- Country
- Ecuador
- Located in
- Santa Cruz Canton
- Population
- 12696
- Area
- 3.3
- Elevation
- 12
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Capital of
- Santa Cruz Canton
- Official website
- www.gadsantacruz.gob.ec
- Image
- Puerto Ayora harbor.jpg
- Dialing code
- 593 4
- Patron saint
- Mariana de Jesús
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- Commons category
- Puerto Ayora
- Commons gallery
- Puerto Ayora
- inception
- 1926-00-00
- office held by head of government
- mayor
- postal code
- EC200350
- P8168
- Friedrich Schlie
- located in/on physical feature
- Galapagos Islands
- P12749
- Zach Gilford
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Encyclopedic overview
Puerto Ayora is a town in central Galápagos, Ecuador. Located on the southern shore of Santa Cruz Island, it is the seat of Santa Cruz Canton. The town is named in honor of Isidro Ayora, an Ecuadorian president. The town is sometimes mistakenly referred to as Santa Cruz. Puerto Ayora is the most populous town in the Galápagos Islands, with a population of 12,696.
Santa Cruz Island at the docks of Puerto Ayora in the evening
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Puerto Ayora” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.