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- official: Columbus Archipelago
- province of Equador
- own name: Islas Galápagos, official: Archipiélago de Colón
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Flag of the Galapagos Islands
Source, by:
Flags of the World
The flag of the Galapagos Islands shows three horizontal stripes in green, white and blue. The colors of the flag seem to have deep regional roots and seem to be old, supposedly they go back to an in 1861 on the islands founded Republic of San Cristóbal.
Source: Flags of the World
Location:
Gray Location Map of the Area around 0° 21' 0" S, 90° 1' 30" W
Detailed Road Map of Galápagos Islands
Area: 3.093 square miles
Inhabitants: 25.244 (2015)
Density of Population: 8 inh./sq.mi.
Capital: Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, 6.672 inh. (2010)
official Language: Spanish
Currency: Ecuadorian Currency
Time Zone: GMT – 6 h
Source: Wikipedia (EN)
1535 · the Spanish discover the Galápagos Islands, They are first called "Islas Encantadas", the "Enchanted Islands", in the 18th century slowly arises the name "Galápagos Islands"
1822 · the Galápagos Islands come to Great Colombia
1832 · appropriation of the Galápagos Islands by Ecuador
1835 · Charles Darwin researches on the archipelago
1892 · in honor of Christopher Columbus the Galapagos Islands are officially renamed in Archipelago de Colón, his name is in Spanish: Cristóbal Colón
1934 · the Galápagos Islands become a wildlife sanctuary
1942 · the USA establish an airport on Baltra Island during World War II
1959 · on the Galápagos Islands gets established a National Park (on 90% of the whole area)
1964 · first research station
1973 · the Galapagos Islands are a province of Ecuador
1978 · the Galápagos Islands get declared to world natural heritage
1998 · Ecuador passes a special law against further immigration of inhabitants
Source:
Wikipedia (DE),
Atlas zur Geschichte,
Weltgeschichte
The islands were discovered in 1535 – although rather accidentally on the occasion of a shipwreck – but they had not been re-discovered so fast, because of the here occurring difficult currents and winds, the islands arised due to the inaccurate navigation "elsewhere". So they were called "Islas Encantadas", the "Enchanted Islands". In the 18th century the name Galápagos Islands became popular. The origin of the name is difficult to explain, the translation of the name means "Milk-Peak Islands". The name is of Greek origin and goes back to the two words "gala" and "pagos": "milk" and "peaks". This can be explained by the view of the with guano covered crags, and the in this way described appearance of the islands.
Source:
Handbuch der geographischen Namen,
Wikipedia (DE)
