Place:Galápagos, Insular, Ecuador

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NameGalápagos
Alt namesGalápagossource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Galápagossource: Wikipedia
Islas Galápagossource: Source:Family History Library
TypeProvince
Coordinates0.5°S 90.5°W
Located inInsular, Ecuador
Contained Places
Inhabited place
El Progreso
Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
Villamil
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Galápagos is a province of Ecuador in the country's Insular region, located approximately off the western coast of the mainland. The capital is Puerto Baquerizo Moreno.

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.

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