Do people really live in the Galapagos?
Ninety-eight percent of the land mass of the Galapagos is National Park. The other two percent is privately owned by the descendants of the original colonists. There is a total population of approx. seventeen thousand people, living on four islands. 10K on Santa Cruz, 200 on Floriana, 1K on Isabella and 6k on San Cristobal. These are large islands and the populated/privately held areas are minuscule in proportion to Park Lands which surround them.
