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.

Distribution of Venezuela's national parks[1]

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

National parks of Venezuela
Number Image Date established Name Region State Type Area (km2)
12 February 1937Henri PittierCentral RegionAragua
Carabobo
Mountainous1,078.00
22 May 1952Sierra NevadaAndean RegionMérida
Barinas
Mountainous2,764.46
331 March 1958GuatopoCentral RegionMiranda
Guárico
Mountainous1,224.64
412 December 1958El ÁvilaCapital RegionFederal District
Miranda
Vargas
Mountainous851.92
518 March 1960YurubíCentral-Western RegionYaracuyMountainous236.70
612 June 1962CanaimaGuayana RegionBolívarGuayana Shield30,000.00
712 June 1962YacambúCentral-Western RegionLaraMountainous269.16
821 May 1969Cueva de la Quebrada del ToroCentral-Western RegionFalcónMountainous48.85
98 August 1972Los RoquesInsular RegionFederal DependenciesInsular2,211.20
105 December 1973MacaraoCapital RegionFederal District
Miranda
Mountainous150
1119 December 1973MochimaNorth-Eastern RegionSucre
Anzoátegui
Coastal949.35
126 February 1974Laguna de La RestingaInsular RegionNueva EspartaInsular188.62
136 February 1974Médanos de CoroCentral-Western RegionFalcónCoastal912.80
1413 February 1974Laguna de TacariguaCapital RegionMirandaCoastal391
1527 February 1974Cerro El CopeyInsular RegionNueva EspartaInsular71.30
167 March 1974Aguaro-GuariquitoLlanos RegionGuáricoLlanos5,690
1726 May 1974MorrocoyCentral-Western RegionFalcónCoastal320.90
1827 May 1975Cueva del GuácharoNorth-Eastern RegionMonagasMountainous627
1914 April 1976TerepaimaCentral-Western RegionLara
Portuguesa
Mountainous186.5
2012 December 1978Serranía de la NeblinaGuayana RegionAmazonasGuayana Shield13,600
2112 December 1978YapacanaGuayana RegionAmazonasGuayana Shield3,200
2212 December 1978Duida-MarahuacaGuayana RegionAmazonasGuayana Shield3,737.4
2312 December 1978Península de PariaNorth-Eastern RegionSucreMountainous375
2412 December 1978Sierra de PerijáZulian RegionZuliaMountainous2,952.88
2512 December 1978El TamáAndean RegionTáchira
Apure
Mountainous1,390
2614 January 1987San EstebanCentral RegionCaraboboMountainous445
276 May 1987Sierra de San Luis (J. Crisóstomo Falcón)Central-Western RegionFalcónMountainous200
2824 February 1988Santos LuzardoLlanos RegionApureMountainous5,843.68
2925 May 1988Guaramacal (G. Cruz Carrillo)Andean RegionTrujillo
Portuguesa
Mountainous214.66
3030 November 1988DiniraCentral-Western RegionLara
Portuguesa
Trujillo
Mountainous453.28
3118 January 1989Páramos Batallón y La NegraAndean RegionMérida
Táchira
Mountainous952
327 December 1989Chorro El IndioAndean RegionTáchiraMountainous170
337 December 1989Sierra La CulataAndean RegionMérida
Trujillo
Mountainous2,004
347 December 1989Cerro SarocheCentral-Western RegionLaraMountainous322.94
356 June 1991TuruépanoNorth-Eastern RegionSucreMarshy726
365 June 1991Delta del Orinoco (Mariusa)Guayana RegionDelta AmacuroDeltaic3,310
375 June 1991Ciénagas de Juan ManuelZulian RegionZuliaMarshy2,261.3
381 August 1991Parima TapirapecóGuayana RegionAmazonasGuayana Shield39,000
395 June 1992Río Viejo San CamiloLlanos RegionApureLlanos800
405 June 1992Tirgua (Gen. Manuel Manrique)Central-Western RegionYaracuy
Cojedes
Mountainous910
4126 March 1993El GuacheCentral-Western RegionLara
Portuguesa
Mountainous125
4226 March 1993Tapo-CaparoAndean RegionBarinas
Mérida
Táchira
Mountainous2,050
4321 March 2017CauraGuayana RegionBolívar
Amazonas
Mountainous75,340

See also

References

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