List of national parks of Venezuela
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Distribution of Venezuela's national parks[1]
The national parks of Venezuela are protected areas in Venezuela covering a wide range of habitats. In 2007 there were 43 national parks, covering 21.76% of Venezuela's territory.[citation needed]
Statistics[]
Every Venezuela state has one or more national parks.
- 5 national parks - Lara
- 4 national parks - Amazonas, Falcón, Mérida, Miranda, Portuguesa, and Táchira.
- 3 national parks - Apure, Sucre, and Trujillo.
- 2 national parks - Barinas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Distrito Capital, Guárico, Nueva Esparta, Yaracuy, and Zulia.
- 1 national park - Anzoátegui, Aragua, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Federal Dependencies, Monagas, and Vargas.
18 national parks are over 1000 km2; 15 over 2000 km2; 5 over 5000 km2 and 3 over 10,000 km2. The largest parks, in the Guayana Region, are Parima Tapirapecó National Park (39,000 km2) and Canaima National Park (30,000 km2).
List of national parks[]
- ‡ World Heritage Site
Number | Image | Date established | Name | Region | State | Type | Area (km2) |
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2 February 1937 | Henri Pittier | Central Region | Aragua Carabobo |
Mountainous | 1,078.00 |
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2 May 1952 | Sierra Nevada | Andean Region | Mérida Barinas |
Mountainous | 2,764.46 |
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31 March 1958 | Guatopo | Central Region | Miranda Guárico |
Mountainous | 1,224.64 |
4 | 12 December 1958 | El Ávila | Capital Region | Federal District Miranda Vargas |
Mountainous | 851.92 | |
5 | 18 March 1960 | Yurubí | Central-Western Region | Yaracuy | Mountainous | 236.70 | |
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12 June 1962 | Canaima | Guayana Region | Bolívar | Guayana Shield | 30,000.00 |
7 | 12 June 1962 | Yacambú | Central-Western Region | Lara | Mountainous | 269.16 | |
8 | 21 May 1969 | Cueva de la Quebrada del Toro | Central-Western Region | Falcón | Mountainous | 48.85 | |
9 | ![]() |
8 August 1972 | Los Roques | Insular Region | Federal Dependencies | Insular | 2,211.20 |
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5 December 1973 | Macarao | Capital Region | Federal District Miranda |
Mountainous | 150 |
11 | 19 December 1973 | Mochima | North-Eastern Region | Sucre Anzoátegui |
Coastal | 949.35 | |
12 | 6 February 1974 | Laguna de La Restinga | Insular Region | Nueva Esparta | Insular | 188.62 | |
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6 February 1974 | Médanos de Coro | Central-Western Region | Falcón | Coastal | 912.80 |
14 | 13 February 1974 | Laguna de Tacarigua | Capital Region | Miranda | Coastal | 391 | |
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27 February 1974 | Cerro El Copey | Insular Region | Nueva Esparta | Insular | 71.30 |
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7 March 1974 | Aguaro-Guariquito | Llanos Region | Guárico | Llanos | 5,690 |
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26 May 1974 | Morrocoy | Central-Western Region | Falcón | Coastal | 320.90 |
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27 May 1975 | Cueva del Guácharo | North-Eastern Region | Monagas | Mountainous | 627 |
19 | ![]() |
14 April 1976 | Terepaima | Central-Western Region | Lara Portuguesa |
Mountainous | 186.5 |
20 | ![]() |
12 December 1978 | Serranía de la Neblina | Guayana Region | Amazonas | Guayana Shield | 13,600 |
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12 December 1978 | Yapacana | Guayana Region | Amazonas | Guayana Shield | 3,200 |
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12 December 1978 | Duida-Marahuaca | Guayana Region | Amazonas | Guayana Shield | 3,737.4 |
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12 December 1978 | Península de Paria | North-Eastern Region | Sucre | Mountainous | 375 |
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12 December 1978 | Sierra de Perijá | Zulian Region | Zulia | Mountainous | 2,952.88 |
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12 December 1978 | El Tamá | Andean Region | Táchira Apure |
Mountainous | 1,390 |
26 | 14 January 1987 | San Esteban | Central Region | Carabobo | Mountainous | 445 | |
27 | 6 May 1987 | Sierra de San Luis (J. Crisóstomo Falcón) | Central-Western Region | Falcón | Mountainous | 200 | |
28 | ![]() |
24 February 1988 | Santos Luzardo | Llanos Region | Apure | Mountainous | 5,843.68 |
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25 May 1988 | Guaramacal (G. Cruz Carrillo) | Andean Region | Trujillo Portuguesa |
Mountainous | 214.66 |
30 | 30 November 1988 | Dinira | Central-Western Region | Lara Portuguesa Trujillo |
Mountainous | 453.28 | |
31 | ![]() |
18 January 1989 | Páramos Batallón y La Negra | Andean Region | Mérida Táchira |
Mountainous | 952 |
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7 December 1989 | Chorro El Indio | Andean Region | Táchira | Mountainous | 170 |
33 | 7 December 1989 | Sierra La Culata | Andean Region | Mérida Trujillo |
Mountainous | 2,004 | |
34 | 7 December 1989 | Cerro Saroche | Central-Western Region | Lara | Mountainous | 322.94 | |
35 | ![]() |
6 June 1991 | Turuépano | North-Eastern Region | Sucre | Marshy | 726 |
36 | ![]() |
5 June 1991 | Delta del Orinoco (Mariusa) | Guayana Region | Delta Amacuro | Deltaic | 3,310 |
37 | ![]() |
5 June 1991 | Ciénagas de Juan Manuel | Zulian Region | Zulia | Marshy | 2,261.3 |
38 | 1 August 1991 | Parima Tapirapecó | Guayana Region | Amazonas | Guayana Shield | 39,000 | |
39 | 5 June 1992 | Río Viejo San Camilo | Llanos Region | Apure | Llanos | 800 | |
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5 June 1992 | Tirgua (Gen. Manuel Manrique) | Central-Western Region | Yaracuy Cojedes |
Mountainous | 910 |
41 | 26 March 1993 | El Guache | Central-Western Region | Lara Portuguesa |
Mountainous | 125 | |
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26 March 1993 | Tapo-Caparo | Andean Region | Barinas Mérida Táchira |
Mountainous | 2,050 |
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21 March 2017 | Caura | Guayana Region | Bolívar Amazonas |
Mountainous | 75,340 |
See also[]
- List of national parks
- Venezuelan bolívar banknotes
References[]
- ^ "Inparques | Parques y Monumentos". www.inparques.gob.ve. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
External links[]
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for National parks of Venezuela. |
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to National parks of Venezuela. |
- (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Parques de Venezuela
- (in Spanish) Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Ambiente (Ministry of Environment)
- National Parks in Venezuela
Categories:
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