- List of national parks of Colombia
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The protected areas of Colombia are grouped in the National System of Protected Areas. As of 2008, it has 58 natural national parks which cover about 12,579,081 ha and represent more than 10% of the country's continental land.
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National System of Protected Areas
Main article: National System of Protected Areas (Colombia)The National System of Protected Areas comprises four broad groups:
- National protected areas, most of them in the Natural National Park System.
- Regional protected areas.
- Local protected areas.
- Private protected areas.
Natural National Park System
The National Natural Park System is divided into natural national parks, fauna and flora sanctuaries, natural reserves, unique natural areas and one vía parque (park along a road).
National Natural Parks of Colombia Photo Established Name Region Department Extension (ha)[1] 1960 Cueva de los Guácharos Andean region (Cordillera Oriental) Huila 9,000 1964 Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta National Park Caribbean region Magdalena
La Guajira
Cesar383,000 1964 Salamanca Island Road Park Caribbean region Magdalena 56,200 1968 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park Andean region (Cordillera Occidental) Valle del Cauca 150,000 1968 Puracé National Natural Park Andean region (Cordillera Central) Cauca
Huila83,000 1969 Tayrona National Natural Park Caribbean region Magdalena 15,000 1970 El Tuparro National Natural Park Orinoquía region Vichada 548,000 1971 Serranía de la Macarena Orinoquía region Meta 620,000 1973 Las Orquídeas National Park Andean region (Cordillera Occidental) Antioquia 32,000 1973 Los Katíos National Park Pacific region Chocó
Antioquia72,000 1973 Los Nevados National Natural Park Andean region (Cordillera Central) Risaralda
Tolima
Caldas
Quindio58,300 1975 Amacayacu National Park Amazon region Amazonas 293,500 1977 Las Hermosas National Natural Park Andean region (Cordillera Central) Tolima
Valle del Cauca125,000 1977 Nevado del Huila Andean region (Cordillera Central) Huila
Tolima
Cauca
Valle del Cauca158,000 1977 Cordillera de los Picachos National Park Andean region (Cordillera Oriental) Meta
Caquetá
Huila444,740 1977 Chingaza National Park Andean region (Cordillera Oriental) Cundinamarca
Meta76,600 1977 Sumapaz National Park Andean region (Cordillera Oriental) Meta
Cundinamarca
Huila154,000 1977 Sierra Nevada del Cocuy Andean region (Cordillera Oriental) Arauca
Boyacá
Casanare306,000 1977 Pisba National Park Andean region (Cordillera Oriental) Boyacá 45,000 1977 Tamá National Natural Park Andean region (Cordillera Oriental) Norte de Santander 15,000 1977 Lake Iguaque Andean region (Cordillera Oriental) Boyacá 6,750 1977 Rosario and San Bernardo Corals National Natural Park Caribbean region Bolívar
Sucre120,000 1977 Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta Caribbean region Magdalena 26,810 1977 Sanquianga National Park Pacific region Nariño 80,000 1977 Serranía de Macuira Caribbean region La Guajira 25,000 1977 Paramillo National Park Caribbean region (Cordillera Occidental) Córdoba
Antioquia460,000 1977 Munchique National Natural Park Andean region (Cordillera Occidental) Cauca 44,000 1977 Los Colorados Fauna and Flora Sanctuary Caribbean region Bolívar 1,000 1977 Isla de La Corota Fauna and Flora Sanctuary Andean region (Cordillera Central) Nariño 16 1977 Flamingos Fauna and Flora Sanctuary Caribbean region La Guajira 7,682 1983 Gorgona Island National Park Insular region Cauca 61,687 1984 La Paya National Park Amazon region Putumayo 422,000 1985 Galeras Andean region (Nudo de los Pastos) Nariño 7,615 1986 Cahuinarí National Park Amazon region Amazonas 575,000 1987 Ensenada de Utría National Park Pacific region Chocó 54,300 1987 Tatamá National Park Andean region (Cordillera Occidental) Chocó
Risaralda
Valle del Cauca51,900 1988 Los Estoraques Unique Natural Area Andean region (Cordillera Oriental) Norte de Santander 640 1989 Chiribiquete National Park Amazon region Caquetá
Guaviare1,280,000 1989 Nukak Natural Reserve Amazon region Guaviare
Vaupés855,000 1989 Puinawai Natural Reserve Amazon region Guainía 1,092,500 1989 Tinigua National Park Amazon region Meta 201,875 1989 Catatumbo Barí National Park Andean region (Cordillera Oriental) Norte de Santander 158,125 1993 Guaneta Alto Río Fonce Fauna and Flora Sanctuary Andean region (Cordillera Oriental) Santander 10,429 1995 Old Providence McBean Lagoon National Natural Park Insular region San Andrés y Providencia 995 1995 Malpelo Island Insular region Valle del Cauca 120 1996 Otún Quimbaya Fauna and Flora Sanctuary Andean region (Cordillera Central) Risaralda 489 2002 Río Puré National Park Amazon region Amazonas 999,880 2002 Alto Fragua Indi-Wasi National Park Amazon region Caquetá 68,000 2002 "El mono Hernández" Cork Forest Flora and Fauna Sanctuary Caribbean region Sucre
Bolívar3,850 2005 Selva de Florencia National Park Andean region (Cordillera Central) Caldas 10,019 2005 Yariguíes National Park Andean region (Cordillera Oriental) Santander 78,837 2007 Doña Juana-Cascabel Volcanic Complex Andean region (Nudo de los Pastos) Cauca
Nariño65,858 2007 Serranía de los Churumbelos Amazon region Cauca
Caquetá
Putumayo
Huila97,189 2008 Santuario Orito Indí-Andé Fauna and Flora Sanctuary Amazon region Nariño
Putumayo10,204 2009 Yaigojé Apaporis Natural Park[2] Amazonian region Vaupés 1,060,603 2010 Uramba Bahia Malaga Natural Park[3] Pacific region Valle del Cauca 47,094 Proposed areas
Currently there are other proposed areas for national natural parks:
- Serranía de Minas Fauna and Flora Sanctuary, a regional natural park in Huila with 20,000 ha.
- Morichales de Paz de Ariporo Natural Park[4]
The following locations could be declared fauna and flora sanctuaries:
- Bahía Málaga Fauna and Flora Sanctuary
- Bahía Portete Fauna and Flora Sanctuary
- Bosque Seco del Patía Fauna and Flora Sanctuary
- Bosque Seco de Cúcuta
- Playona Acandí Fauna and Flora Sanctuary
- Serranía de Pinche Fauna and Flora Sanctuary
- Serranía del Perijá Fauna and Flora Sanctuary
- Serranía de San Lucas[5] - now considered unlikely to be protected as the area has been opened up to gold mining companies.
Disbanded areas
Some zones of the park system had been disbanded because of negative human impact on the environment:
- Arauca Fauna and Flora Sanctuary
- Manaure National Natural Park
References
External links
Media related to National parks of Colombia at Wikimedia Commons
List of national parks of South America Sovereign states Categories:- Lists of national parks
- National parks of Colombia
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