List of national parks of Venezuela explained

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.

• 5 national parks – Lara, Amazonas
• 4 national parks – 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

National parks of Venezuela

Number	Image	Date established	Name	Region	State	Type	Area (km^2)
1						Mountainous
2						Mountainous
3						Mountainous
4						Mountainous
5						Mountainous
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7						Mountainous
8						Mountainous
9						Insular
10						Mountainous
11						Coastal
12						Insular
13						Coastal
14						Coastal
15					Nueva Esparta	Insular
16
17						Coastal
18					Monagas	Mountainous
19						Mountainous
20			Serranía de la Neblina	Guayana Region	Amazonas	Guayana Shield
21			Yapacana	Guayana Region	Amazonas	Guayana Shield
22			Duida-Marahuaca	Guayana Region	Amazonas	Guayana Shield
23			Península de Paria	North-Eastern Region	Sucre	Mountainous		- valign="top"	24			Sierra de Perijá	Zulian Region	Zulia	Mountainous
25			El Tamá	Andean Region	Táchira Apure	Mountainous
26			San Esteban	Central Region	Carabobo	Mountainous
27			Sierra de San Luis (J. Crisóstomo Falcón)	Central-Western Region	Falcón	Mountainous
28			Santos Luzardo	Llanos Region	Apure	Mountainous
29			Guaramacal (G. Cruz Carrillo)	Andean Region	Trujillo Portuguesa	Mountainous
30			Dinira	Central-Western Region	Lara Portuguesa Trujillo	Mountainous
31			Páramos Batallón y La Negra	Andean Region	Mérida Táchira	Mountainous
32			Chorro El Indio	Andean Region	Táchira	Mountainous
33			Sierra La Culata	Andean Region	Mérida Trujillo	Mountainous
34			Cerro Saroche	Central-Western Region	Lara	Mountainous
35			Turuépano	North-Eastern Region	Sucre	Marshy
36			Delta del Orinoco (Mariusa)	Guayana Region	Delta Amacuro	Deltaic
37			Ciénagas de Juan Manuel	Zulian Region	Zulia	Marshy
38			Parima Tapirapecó	Guayana Region	Amazonas	Guayana Shield
39			Río Viejo San Camilo	Llanos Region	Apure	Llanos
40			Tirgua (Gen. Manuel Manrique)	Central-Western Region	Yaracuy Cojedes	Mountainous
41			El Guache	Central-Western Region	Lara Portuguesa	Mountainous
42			Tapo-Caparo	Andean Region	Barinas Mérida Táchira	Mountainous
43			Caura	Guayana Region	Bolívar Amazonas	Mountainous

See also

• List of national parks
• Venezuelan bolívar banknotes

External links

• Instituto Nacional de Parques de Venezuela
• Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Ambiente (Ministry of Environment)
• National Parks in Venezuela