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The closest land mass is that of mainland Ecuador, the country to which they belong, 926 km (500 nmi) to the east. The islands are found at the coordinates 1°40'N–1°36'S, 89°16'–92°01'W. Straddling the equator, islands in the chain are located in both the northern and southern hemispheres, with Volcán Wolf and Volcán Ecuador on Isla ...
1.2 By population. 2 See also. 3 References ... This is a list of cities in Ecuador. List. Alphabetical Ambato ... Provinces of Ecuador; Lists of cities by country ...
The island's original Spanish name was San Clemente Island [2] (Isla or Ysla San Clemente) [3] in honor of St. Clement.This was changed to Bolivia Island (Isla Bolivia) in honor of the South American revolutionary hero Simón Bolívar upon the islands' annexation by Ecuador in 1832 [citation needed] and then to Santa Cruz ([ˈsanta ˈkɾus], "Holy Cross") in reference to the cross upon which ...
Galápagos (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡaˈlapaɣos]) is a province of Ecuador in the country's Insular region, located approximately 1,000 km (620 mi) off the western coast of the mainland. The capital is Puerto Baquerizo Moreno .
Bothnian Bay archipelago [1] Haparanda archipelago [2] Kalix archipelago [3] Luleå archipelago [4] Piteå archipelago [5] Skellefteå archipelago [6] Froan; Kvarken Archipelago; Norrbotten Archipelago; Oskarshamn archipelago; Pakri Islands; South Funen Archipelago; Swedish East Coast Archipelago Gräsö archipelago; Oskarshamn archipelago ...
The country also includes the Galápagos Islands (Archipiélago de Colón) in the Pacific, about 965 kilometers (600 mi) west of the mainland. Ecuador straddles the equator, from which it takes its name, and has an area of 256,371 square kilometers (98,985 sq mi). Its capital city is Quito, and its largest city is Guayaquil.
This is a list of islands in the world ordered by population, which includes all islands with more than 100,000 people. For comparison, continental landmasses are also shown, in italics. The population of the world's islands is over 730 million, approximately 9% of the world's total population.
Indonesia is the world's largest island country by area (1,904,569 km 2), and by total number of islands (17,504 islands). [4] It is also the world's most populous island country, with a population of over 270 million (the fourth most populous country in the world, after India, China, and the United States).