List of national parks of Venezuela
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 - Amazonas
- 4 national parks - Táchira.
- 3 national parks - .
- 2 national parks - Zulia.
- 1 national park - 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
Number | Image | Date established | Name | Region | State | Type | Area (km2) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 February 1937 | Henri Pittier | Central Region | Aragua Carabobo |
Mountainous | 1,078.00 | |
2 | 2 May 1952 | Sierra Nevada | Andean Region |
Barinas |
Mountainous | 2,764.46 | |
3 | 31 March 1958 | Guatopo | Central Region | Miranda Guárico |
Mountainous | 1,224.64 | |
4 | 12 December 1958 | El Ávila | Capital Region | Mountainous | 851.92 | ||
5 | 18 March 1960 | Yurubí | Central-Western Region | Yaracuy | Mountainous | 236.70 | |
6 | 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 | |
10 | 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 | |
13 | 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 | |
15 | 27 February 1974 | Cerro El Copey | Insular Region |
Nueva Esparta | Insular | 71.30 | |
16 | 7 March 1974 | Aguaro-Guariquito | Llanos Region |
Guárico | Llanos | 5,690 | |
17 | 26 May 1974 | Morrocoy | Central-Western Region | Falcón | Coastal | 320.90 | |
18 | 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 | |
21 | 12 December 1978 | Yapacana | Guayana Region |
Amazonas | Guayana Shield |
3,200 | |
22 | 12 December 1978 | Duida-Marahuaca |
Guayana Region |
Amazonas | Guayana Shield |
3,737.4 | |
23 | 12 December 1978 | Península de Paria | North-Eastern Region | Sucre | Mountainous | 375 | |
24 | 12 December 1978 | Sierra de Perijá | Zulian Region |
Zulia | Mountainous | 2,952.88 | |
25 | 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 | |
29 | 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 | |
32 | 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 | |
40 | 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 | |
42 | 26 March 1993 | Tapo-Caparo | Andean Region |
Mountainous | 2,050 | ||
43 | 21 March 2017 | Caura | Guayana Region |
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
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for National parks of Venezuela.
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