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![[Flag of Galapagos]](../images/e/ec-w.gif)
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The flag of Galápagos islands is green over white over blue
tricolor.
Željko Heimer, 14 July 1996
Galápagos is a province since 1973, before it was a
territory. This flag is probably the flag hoisted for the San
Cristobal Republic, proclaimed on the island of San Cristobal in
1851.
Jaume Olle, 8 September 1996
Today, Euronews broadcasted a relatively large news item about
the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador. In one of the scenes, three
flags could be seen, all 1:2 in proportions: the Ecuatorian flag,
a tricolour that could be the flag of Galapagos , but I'm not
sure because I could not write it down, and another tricolour
with 2:1:1 stripes in white, green and blue, the last two colours
in quite light shades
Jorge Candeias, 6 April 2000
Flag and Coat of Arms could be seen at
www.explored.com.ec.
Jarig Bakker, 26 January 2001
The flag and coat-of-arms are the same that were chosen by us
in 1961. I must however make a remark on what is told about the
flag.
This story about a "San Cristóbal Republic" proclaimed
in 1851 is a big surprise even for one who has written what is
considered a serious and good history of the islands, after years
of research. More so if we consider that the settlers on that
island at the time numbered about half a dozen people. There was
also a small garrison of four or five soldiers, headed by General
Mena, the governor and a Lieutenant Barroterán. These latter
were all murdered by convicts escaped from Floreana in early
1852, headed by Manuel Briones.
Neither he nor his followers proclaimed a republic as they left
shortly for the mainland in the American whaler that they had
captured at Floreana.
Incidentally, I should mention that my family arrived to the
Island of Santa Cruz at a time when the permanent population
there consisted of ten-twelve people. My parents are both buried
on the island, and I have spent much time in Galápagos myself.
The full story is at www.galapagos.to.
Jacob P. Lundh, 25 August 2005
The Galápagos Islands (Official name: Archipi?lago de Colón;
other Spanish names: Islas de Colón or Islas Galápagos, from
galápago, "saddle" - after the shells of saddlebacked
Galápagos tortoises) are an archipelago of volcanic islands
distributed around the equator, 972 km west of continental
Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean. The Galápagos archipelago has a
population of around 40,000, is a province of Ecuador.
Jens Pattke, 23 September 2008
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image from www.explored.com.ec,
located by Jarig Bakker, 26 January 2001
![[Flag of Galapagos]](../images/e/ec-gcg.gif)
image by Ben Cahoon, 23
November 2023
The Galapagos province has a special regime government different from the
other provices of Ecuador due to the islands distant location from the mainland
and their unique biodiversity. The Governing Council of the Special Regime of
Galapagos (Consejo de Gobierno del Régimen Especial de Galápagos) seems have
have had its own local flag since at least c.2018.
The Council website is
here, it has the logo at the top:
https://www.gobiernogalapagos.gob.ec/
Searching for the names of the last few governors gave me several photos,
including one of former governor (2017-19)
Gladys Lorena Tapia Núñez with the link with the logo in the PDF:
https://www.gobiernogalapagos.gob.ec/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/02/Informe_RendicionC_2018.pdf
and another photo here from 2023 where
they are also using the version for the Galapagos Provincial flag with the Full
provincial Arms on it. "Sesión de Pleno del Consejo de Gobierno del Régimen
Especial de Galápagos" Nov. 20, 2023:
https://www.gobiernogalapagos.gob.ec/sesion-de-pleno-del-consejo-de-gobierno-del-regimen-especial-de-galapagos/
Ben Cahoon, 23 November 2023
