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San Cristóbal Island

island in the Galápagos archipelago
Landform island Q855652
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Summary

San Cristóbal Island is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,146 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Ecuador[3]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Pacific Ocean[4]
  • Capital: Puerto Baquerizo Moreno[5]
  • Named after: Saint Christopher[6], John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham[7]
  • Part of: Galapagos Islands[8]
  • Commons category: San Cristóbal (Galápagos)[9]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Galapagos Islands[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:San Cristóbal (Galápagos)[11]
  • Commons gallery: San Cristóbal (Galápagos)[12]
  • Population: 5500[13]
  • Different from: San Cristóbal[14]
  • Length: 49 km[15]
  • Elevation above sea level: 759 m[16]
  • Area: 547 km²[17]
  • Width: 17 km[18]

Why It Matters

San Cristóbal Island has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Ecuador Puerto Baquerizo Moreno Saint Christopher

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in/on physical feature → Galapagos Islands
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+547'}
    Sitelink count → 41
    Part of → —
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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