Ecuador Annexes Galápagos Islands

Date: February 12, 1832 • Location: Palora, Ecuador

Ecuador annexes the Galápagos Islands.

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, about 1,000 kilometers west of the mainland. The country's capital is Quito, and the largest city is Guayaquil.