Galápagos

Galápagos is a province of in the country's Insular region, located approximately 1,000 km off the western coast of the mainland. The capital is .
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  • Type: province of Ecuador with 25,100 residents
  • Description: province of Ecuador
  • Also known as: Archipiélago de Colón”, “Galapagos Province”, “Galápagos Province”, “Provincia Insular de Galápagos”, and “Territorio de Galápagos

Galápagos

Latitude
-0.6702° or 0° 40′ 13″ south
Longitude
-90.8734° or 90° 52′ 24″ west
Population
25,100
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
66FF84HG+WJ
Geo­Names ID
3657879
Wiki­data ID
Q475038
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Galápagos” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: مقاطعة غالاباغوس
  • Armenian: Գալապագոս
  • Basque: Galapagoak probintzia
  • Belarusian: Галапагос
  • Belarusian: Галяпагас
  • Belarusian: Ґаляпаґас
  • Belarusian: Правінцыя Галапагос
  • Bengali: গালাপাগোস প্রদেশ
  • Breton: Proviñs Galápagos
  • Catalan: província de Galápagos
  • Catalan: Província de Galápagos
  • Cebuano: Provincia de Galápagos
  • Chimborazo Highland Quichua: Galápagos
  • Chinese: Galápagos Séng
  • Chinese: 加拉巴哥省
  • Chinese: 加拉帕戈斯省
  • Czech: Galapágy
  • Danish: Galápagos Province
  • Dutch: Galápagos
  • Esperanto: Provinco Galapagoj
  • Finnish: Galápagosin maakunta
  • French: Galápagos
  • French: Province de Galápagos
  • Galician: Galápagos
  • Georgian: გალაპაგოსის პროვინცია
  • German: Galápagos
  • German: Provinz Galápagos
  • Greek: Γκαλαπάγκος
  • Gujarati: ગાલાપાગોસ પ્રાંત
  • Hebrew: מחוז גלאפגוס
  • Hindi: गैलापागोस प्रांत
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Galápagos
  • Italian: provincia delle Galápagos
  • Italian: Provincia delle Galápagos
  • Japanese: ガラパゴス県
  • Kannada: ಗ್ಯಾಲಪಗೋಸ್ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ
  • Korean: 갈라파고스 제도
  • Korean: 갈라파고스주
  • Ladino: Galápagos
  • Latvian: Galapagu province
  • Lithuanian: Galapagų provincija
  • Luxembourgish: Provënz Galápagos
  • Malay: Pentadbiran Galápagos
  • Marathi: गॅलापागोस प्रांत
  • Min Nan Chinese: Galápagos Séng
  • Northern Frisian: Galápagos (Prowins)
  • Northern Frisian: Galápagos
  • Northern Sami: Galápagos
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Galápagos-provinsen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Galápagos
  • Norwegian: Galápagos
  • Persian: استان گالاپاگوس
  • Polish: Galápagos
  • Polish: Prowincja Galápagos
  • Portuguese: Galápagos (província)
  • Portuguese: Galápagos
  • Portuguese: Província de Galápagos
  • Romanian: Provincia Galapagos
  • Romanian: Provincia Galápagos
  • Russian: Галапагос
  • Scots: Galápagos Province
  • Serbo-Croatian: Galápagos (provincija)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Galápagos
  • Sinhala: ගලපගාස් පළාත
  • Sinhala: ගැලපගෝස් පළාත, ඉක්වදෝරය
  • Slovenian: Provinca Galápagos
  • Spanish: Archipiélago de Galápagos
  • Spanish: Galapagos
  • Spanish: Galápagos
  • Spanish: Provincia de Galapagos
  • Spanish: Provincia de Galápagos
  • Swedish: Galápagos
  • Tamil: கலப்பகோஸ் மாகாணம்
  • Tatar: Галапагос провинциясе
  • Telugu: గాలాపాగోస్ ప్రావిన్స్
  • Telugu: గాలాపాగోస్ రాష్ట్రభాగం
  • Thai: จังหวัดกาลาปาโกส
  • Turkish: Galapagos Province
  • Turkish: Galápagos
  • Ukrainian: Галапагос
  • Ukrainian: Провінція Галапагос
  • Urdu: گالاپاگوس صوبہ
  • Vietnamese: Galápagos
  • Vietnamese: Tỉnh Galápagos
  • Waray (Philippines): Galápagos
  • Waray (Philippines): Islas Galápagos
  • Wayuu: Kalaapako
  • Welsh: Talaith Galápagos
  • Western Armenian: Կալափակոս
  • Western Panjabi: صوبہ گالاپاگوس
  • Wu Chinese: 加拉帕戈斯省

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