Galiano Island
Galiano Island (Hul'qumi'num: "Swiikw") is one of the Southern Gulf Islands located between Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. Located on the west side of the Strait of Georgia, the island is bordered by Mayne Island to the southeast, Salt Spring Island to the west and Valdes Island to the northwest. Galiano is part of the Capital Regional District Electoral Area G, and has a permanent population of 1,044 inhabitants as of 2016.

Galiano takes its name from Spanish explorer Dionisio Alcalá Galiano, who explored the area in 1792, (the island is twinned with his home city - Cabra in the Province of Córdoba, Spain).
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Hul'qumi'num
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Southern Gulf Islands
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Q170479
Vancouver Island
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Q206489
Lower Mainland
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Q1974
British Columbia
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Q2258
Strait of Georgia
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Q1570283
Mayne Island
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Q2215523
Salt Spring Island
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Q7909397
Valdes Island
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Capital Regional District Electoral Area G
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Q1626617
Dionisio Alcalá Galiano
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Q927931
Cabra
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Q81972
Province of Córdoba
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Q1492058
Galiano Island
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2016
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1792-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1792
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located in the administrative territorial entity
located in or next to body of water
twinned administrative body
located in the administrative territorial entity
located in or next to body of water
located in the administrative territorial entity