Insular Region of Ecuador

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The Insular Region of Ecuador is the country's remote Pacific archipelago better known as the Galápagos Islands, famed for its unique biodiversity and role in Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region ⓘ
archipelago ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Región Insular del Ecuador ⓘ
capital Puerto Baquerizo Moreno ⓘ
climate tropical dry climate influenced by ocean currents ⓘ
contains Baltra Island ⓘ
Darwin Island ⓘ
Española Island ⓘ
Fernandina Island ⓘ
Floreana Island ⓘ
Genovesa Island ⓘ
Isabela Island ⓘ
Marchena Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pinta Island ⓘ
Pinzón Island ⓘ
Rábida Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Cristóbal Island ⓘ
Santa Cruz Island ⓘ
Santa Fe Island ⓘ
Santiago Island ⓘ
Wolf Island ⓘ
country Ecuador ⓘ
distanceFromMainland about 1000 km west of continental Ecuador ⓘ
governedAs Galápagos Province ⓘ
hasStatus province of Ecuador ⓘ
hasUNESCOStatus World Heritage Site ⓘ
knownFor Darwin’s finches ⓘ
linked to: Galápagos finches

giant tortoises ⓘ
high endemism ⓘ
marine iguanas ⓘ
role in Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution ⓘ
unique biodiversity ⓘ
largestSettlement Puerto Ayora ⓘ
locatedIn Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf Ecuador ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
oceanCurrentInfluence Cromwell Current ⓘ
Humboldt Current ⓘ
Panama Current ⓘ
partOf Republic of Ecuador ⓘ
linked to: Ecuador
protectedAs Galápagos Marine Reserve ⓘ
Galápagos National Park ⓘ
timeZone Galápagos Time ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSince 1978 ⓘ
UTCOffset UTC−06:00 ⓘ
visitedBy Charles Darwin ⓘ
visitYearOfCharlesDarwin 1835 ⓘ

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Santa Cruz Island → locatedIn → Insular Region of Ecuador ⓘ
San Cristóbal Island → partOf → Insular Region of Ecuador ⓘ
Pinta Island → partOf → Insular Region of Ecuador ⓘ
Municipality of San Cristóbal → locatedIn → Insular Region of Ecuador ⓘ
San Cristóbal Canton → belongsToRegion → Insular Region of Ecuador ⓘ
San Cristóbal Airport → connectedTo → mainland Ecuador ⓘ
linked to: Insular Region of Ecuador
Municipality of Santa Cruz → locatedIn → Insular Region of Ecuador ⓘ
subject linked to: municipality of Santa Cruz
Puerto Villamil → locatedIn → Insular Region of Ecuador ⓘ
Insular Region of Ecuador → alsoKnownAs → Región Insular del Ecuador ⓘ
linked to: Insular Region of Ecuador
El Cascajo → locatedIn → Insular Region of Ecuador ⓘ
El Garrapatero → region → Insular Region of Ecuador ⓘ
Santa Rosa (Santa Cruz Island) → locatedIn → Insular Region of Ecuador ⓘ
subject linked to: Santa Rosa
Puerto Velasco Ibarra → locatedIn → Insular Region of Ecuador ⓘ
Puerto Velasco Ibarra → region → Insular Region of Ecuador ⓘ
Canton of Santa Cruz → belongsTo → Insular Region of Ecuador ⓘ
Isla Santa Cruz → locatedIn → Insular Region of Ecuador ⓘ
Hood Island → partOf → Ecuadorian archipelago of Colón Province ⓘ
linked to: Insular Region of Ecuador