Sangay National Park

Sangay National Park

Infobox World Heritage Site
WHS = Sangay National Park


State Party = ECU
Type = Natural
Criteria = vii, viii, ix, x
ID = 260
Region = Latin America and the Caribbean
Year = 1983
Session = 7th
Danger = 1992-2005
Link = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/260Infobox_protected_area | name = Sangay National Park
iucn_category = II


caption =
locator_x =
locator_y =
location = Ecuador
nearest_city =
lat_degrees = 1
lat_minutes = 50
lat_seconds =
lat_direction = S
long_degrees = 78
long_minutes = 20
long_seconds =
long_direction = W
area = 5,177.65 km²
established = 1979
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
governing_body =

Sangay National Park is a national park located in the Morona Santiago, Chimborazo and Tungurahua provinces of Ecuador. The park contains two active volcanoes (Tungurahua and Sangay) and ecosystems ranging from tropical rainforests to glaciers.

The park has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1983. In 1992, it was added to the list of World Heritage Sites in danger due to illegal poaching, extensive grazing, unplanned road construction and encroachment of the park's perimeter. It was removed from the UNESCO list of endangered sites in 2005.

ee also

*Sangay

External links

* [http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=260 Sangay National Park on UNESCO World Heritage Centre]
* [http://www.wcmc.org.uk/protected_areas/data/wh/sangay.html World Conservation Monitoring Centre]


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