Santa Cruz Island

Santa Cruz is the most important island in the Galapagos Islands archipelago, in Ecuador. It contains the largest town in the Galapagos Islands, Puerto Ayora, which is the only location on the island with tourist infrastructure, on the southern side of the island, and is connected by road and ferry to the airport on Baltra Island. Wikivoyage

Population 15,701 (Wikidata)

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Emergency numbers in Ecuador

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131AmbulanceAmbulance
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