Ecuador (Galápagos Islands)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Ecuador_(Galápagos_Islands)
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:island
gptkbp:administrativeDivision Galápagos Province
gptkbp:airport San Cristóbal Airport
Seymour Airport
gptkbp:area about 8,010 km²
gptkbp:capital Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
gptkbp:climate tropical and subtropical
gptkbp:conservationStatus strictly protected
gptkbp:country gptkb:Ecuador
gptkbp:currency gptkb:United_States_dollar
gptkbp:discoveredBy Fray Tomás de Berlanga
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1535
gptkbp:distanceFromMainland about 906 km
gptkbp:features high rate of endemism
gptkbp:governedBy Ecuadorian government
gptkbp:governor appointed by Ecuadorian government
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ecuador (Galápagos Islands)
gptkbp:influenced theory of evolution by natural selection
gptkbp:knownFor influence on Charles Darwin
unique biodiversity
gptkbp:largestCity Isabela Island
gptkbp:latitude around 0° (equator)
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:longitude around 90°W
gptkbp:mainIndustry conservation
fishing
tourism
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:Spanish
gptkbp:mainTowns Puerto Ayora
Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
Puerto Villamil
gptkbp:marineLife rich and diverse
gptkbp:namedAfter galápago (Spanish for tortoise)
gptkbp:notableEvent Charles Darwin's visit in 1835
gptkbp:notableFauna Darwin's finches
Galápagos tortoise
flightless cormorant
marine iguana
gptkbp:numberOfIslands 18 main islands
gptkbp:officialName Archipiélago de Colón
gptkbp:population approximately 25,000
gptkbp:protectedArea Galápagos Marine Reserve
Galápagos National Park
gptkbp:province gptkb:Ecuador
gptkbp:timezone Galápagos Time (UTC-6)
gptkbp:touristAttraction major economic activity
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite yes
gptkbp:volcanicOrigin yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Central_Standard_Time
gptkb:Central_Time_Zone
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4