Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
Puerto Baquerizo Moreno is the capital of the Galápagos Province, in Ecuador. It is located along the southwestern coast of San Cristóbal, the easternmost island in the archipelago.
Even though it is the capital, the town has only the second largest population: 5,600 inhabitants, mainly fishermen. The primary industries are artisan fishing, tourism, and arable farming. The town includes an Interpretation Center, but its tourism infrastructure is not as advanced as in Puerto Ayora.
The city takes its name from the president Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (1859-1951), the first president to visit the Galápagos Islands during his presidency.
Residents founded and still operate the Albatross Foundation USA.
[edit] Climate
Like the majority of the coastal areas of the Galapagos Islands, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno has a cold semi-arid climate (Koppen Bsk), mainly due to its coastal location. Despite being less than one full latitudinal degree away from the Equator, temperatures in the town and the surrounding area on the island never reach the unbearable heights expected for such an equatorial location. Temperatures remain astonishingly similar year-round, fluctuating only several degrees from January means to July means. However, two seasons predominate: the cooler, dry season that typically lasts from June to November and brings light drizzle, oceanic coastal fog, mild to warm temperatures, and mainly overcast skies. All of these characteristics are evident due to the presence of the cold Humboldt Current that flows north from Peru and Chile. Although this is considered the dry season for the actual total rain amount at this time is exceptionally light, it tends to precipitate very slowly in the form of extremely light drizzle and is often accompanied with grey, overcast skies. The wet season lasts roughly from December to May, and brings an abundance of bright sunshine along with sporadically brief, yet often intense, tropical thunderstorms. Annual average precipitation amounts to approximately 451 mm (17.76 in), 86% of which falls in the five-month wet season period spanning December till May. Precipitation falls an average of 42 days a year.
| Climate data for Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador (1961-1990) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25 (77) |
26 (79) |
28 (82) |
28 (82) |
25 (77) |
23 (73) |
22 (72) |
21 (70) |
21 (70) |
22 (72) |
23 (73) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 68 (2.68) |
91 (3.58) |
94 (3.7) |
72 (2.83) |
34 (1.34) |
23 (0.91) |
14 (0.55) |
6 (0.24) |
6 (0.24) |
6 (0.24) |
7 (0.28) |
30 (1.18) |
451 (17.76) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 42 |
| Source: The Weather Network [1] | |||||||||||||
[edit] Sister cities
[edit] References
- ^ "Climate Statistics for Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador (1961-1990)". November 18, 2011. http://www.theweathernetwork.com/statistics/c03343.
- ^ "Sister Cities: Chapel Hill & San Cristobal". Center for Galapagos Studies Development. 2011. http://galapagos.unc.edu/about/news/sister-cities-chapel-hill-san-cristobal. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
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