Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Galápagos Islands' has mentioned 'Ecuador' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| Archipelago and protected area of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean | WIKI |
| The Galxc3xa1pagos Islands (official name: Archipixc3xa9lago de Colxc3xb3n, other Spanish name: Las Islas Galxc3xa1pagos, Spanish pronunciation:xc2xa0[las xcbx88islas xc9xa3axcbx88lapaxc9xa3os], local pronunciation:xc2xa0[laz xcbx88ihlah xc9xa3axcbx88lapaxc9xa3oh]), part of the Republic of Ecuador, are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed on either side of the equator in the Pacific Ocean surrounding the centre of the Western Hemisphere. | WIKI |
| Located 906xc2xa0km (563xc2xa0mi) west of continental Ecuador, the islands are known for their large number of endemic species that were studied by Charles Darwin during the second voyage of HMS Beagle. | WIKI |
| The Galxc3xa1pagos Islands and their surrounding waters form the Galxc3xa1pagos Province of Ecuador, the Galxc3xa1pagos National Park, and the Galxc3xa1pagos Marine Reserve. | WIKI |
| The newly independent Republic of Ecuador took the islands from Spanish ownership in 1832, and subsequently gave them official Spanish names. | WIKI |
| Administratively, Galapagos constitutes one of the provinces of Ecuador, made up of three cantons that bear the names of its most populated islands, namely: San Cristxc3xb3bal, Santa Cruz and Isabela. | WIKI |
| For instance, Isabela Island includes 6 major volcanoes, Ecuador, Wolf, Darwin, Alcedo, Sierra Negraa and Cerro Azul, with most recent eruptions ranging from 1813 to 2008. | WIKI |
| The closest land mass is that of mainland Ecuador, the country to which they belong, 926xc2xa0km (500xc2xa0nmi) to the east. | WIKI |
| Straddling the equator, islands in the chain are located in both the northern and southern hemispheres, with Volcxc3xa1n Wolf and Volcxc3xa1n Ecuador on Isla Isabela being directly on the equator. | WIKI |
| Espaxc3xb1ola's steep cliffs serve as the perfect runways for these birds, which take off for their ocean feeding grounds near the mainland of Ecuador and Peru. | WIKI |
| Floreana (Charles or Santa Marxc3xada) Island xe2x80x93 It was named after Juan Josxc3xa9 Flores, the first President of Ecuador, during whose administration the government of Ecuador took possession of the archipelago. | WIKI |
| South Plaza Island (Plaza Sur) xe2x80x93 It is named in honor of a former president of Ecuador, General Lexc3xb3nidas Plaza. | WIKI |
| Ecuador annexed the Galxc3xa1pagos Islands on 12 February 1832, naming them the Archipelago of Ecuador. | WIKI |
| For a long time during the early 1900s and at least through 1929, a cash-strapped Ecuador had reached out for potential buyers of the islands to alleviate financial troubles at home. | WIKI |
| [43] Ecuador's staunch resistance to a US purchase or bases in the islands can be credited to Chilean diplomacy, which in turn was informally backed on this issue by Great Britain and Germany. | WIKI |
| A few years later, other colonists from Europe, America and Ecuador started arriving on the islands, seeking a simpler life. | WIKI |
| During World War II, Ecuador authorized the United States to establish a naval base in Baltra Island, and radar stations in other strategic locations. | WIKI |
| Baltra was given the name of "Beta Base" along with "Alpha Base" in Nicaragua and "Gamma Base" in Salinas (continental Ecuador). | WIKI |
| After the war, the facilities were given to the government of Ecuador. | WIKI |
| However, opportunities in the tourism, fishing, and farming industries attracted a mass of poor fishermen and farmers from mainland Ecuador. | WIKI |
| The largest ethnic group is composed of Ecuadorian Mestizos, the mixed descendants of Spanish colonists and indigenous Native Americans, who arrived mainly in the last century from the continental part of Ecuador. | WIKI |
| Two years later, in 1957, UNESCO, in cooperation with the government of Ecuador, sent another expedition to study the conservation situation and choose a site for a research station. | WIKI |
| [60] On 29 July 2010, the World Heritage Committee decided to remove the Galxc3xa1pagos Islands from the list because the Committee found significant progress had been made by Ecuador in addressing these problems. | WIKI |
| The Galapagos archipelago is located about 1,000 km from continental Ecuador and is composed of 127 islands, islets and rocks, of which 19 are large and 4are inhabited. | UNESCO |
| Airports on two islands (Baltra and San Cristobal) receive traffic from continental Ecuador with another airport on Isabela mostly limited to inter-island traffic. | UNESCO |
| Protection was further strengthened by the xe2x80x9cSpecial Regime Law for the Conservation and Sustainable Development in the Province of the Galapagosxe2x80x9d of 1998, and inscribed in the Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador. | UNESCO |