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... Islands , Spanish ARCHIPIÉLAGO DE COLÓN , island group of the eastern Pa- cific Ocean , administratively part of Ecuador . The Galápagos are a group of 19 islands with associated islets and rocks lying athwart the equator 600 miles ...
... Islands , Spanish ARCHIPIÉLAGO DE COLÓN , island group of the eastern Pa- cific Ocean , administratively part of Ecuador . The Galápagos are a group of 19 islands with associated islets and rocks lying athwart the equator 600 miles ...
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... island is based on agriculture ( grains and sugar beets , diversified market gardening , and flower cultivation ) , as well as on stone quarrying and fishing . There is a large cement factory and some other in- dustry . Tourism is ...
... island is based on agriculture ( grains and sugar beets , diversified market gardening , and flower cultivation ) , as well as on stone quarrying and fishing . There is a large cement factory and some other in- dustry . Tourism is ...
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... island who is appointed by the British monarch and for a bicameral parliament . This legislative body consists of a popularly elected , 15 - member House of Rep- resentatives and a Senate whose 13 members are appointed on the advice of ...
... island who is appointed by the British monarch and for a bicameral parliament . This legislative body consists of a popularly elected , 15 - member House of Rep- resentatives and a Senate whose 13 members are appointed on the advice of ...
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