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Ecuador annexes the Galápagos Islands.
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Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contains the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Galápagos Islands
Ecuadorian volcanic archipelago
The Galápagos Islands are an archipelago of volcanic islands in the Eastern Pacific, located around the equator, 900 km (560 mi) west of the mainland of South America. They form the Galápagos Province of the Republic of Ecuador, with a population of slightly over 33,000 (2020).…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)