Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
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Puerto Baquerizo Moreno is the caipital o the Galápagos Province, in Ecuador. It is locatit alang the soothwastren coast o San Cristóbal, the eastmaist island in the airchipelago.
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Puerto Baquerizo Moreno | |
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Toun | |
View o San Cristoban | |
Motto(s): "Capital del Paraíso" - "Paradise's Caipital" | |
Coordinates: 00°54′09″S 89°36′33″W | |
Kintra | Ecuador |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Ab. Pedro Zapata |
Elevation | 2 m (7 ft) |
Population (2013) | |
• Total | 4,816 |
Time zone | UTC-6 |
Website | www.sancristobalgalapagos.gov.ec (in Spaingie) |
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Even tho it is the caipital, the toun haes the seicont lairgest population: 5,600 inhabitants, mainly fishermen. The primar industries are artisan fishin, tourism, an arable fermin. The toun includes an Interpretation Center, but its tourism infrastructur is no as advancit as in Puerto Ayora.
The ceety taks its name frae the preses Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (1859-1951), the first preses tae visit the Galápagos Islands durin his presidency.
Residents foondit an still operate the Albatross Foundation USA.