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.

Statistics

Every Venezuela state has one or more national parks.

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
National parks of Venezuela
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 Mérida
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 Federal District
Miranda
Vargas		 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 Barinas
Mérida
Táchira		 Mountainous 2,050
43 21 March 2017 Caura Guayana Region Bolívar
Amazonas		 Mountainous 75,340

See also

References

  1. ^ "Inparques | Parques y Monumentos". www.inparques.gob.ve. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
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