Los Katíos National Park

Infobox World Heritage Site
WHS = Los Katíos National Park


State Party = COL
Type = Natural
Criteria = ix, x
ID = 711
Region = Latin America and the Caribbean
Year = 1994
Session = 18th
Link = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/711

Infobox_Protected_area | name = Los Katíos National Park
iucn_category = II


caption =
base_width = 200
locator_x = 35
locator_y = 74
location = Antioquia and Chocó Departments, Colombia
nearest_city =
lat_degrees = 7
lat_minutes = 48
lat_seconds = 0
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 77
long_minutes = 09
long_seconds = 0
long_direction = W
area = 720 km²
established = August 6, 1974
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
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Los Katíos National Park is a national park located in northwest Colombia which covers 226 square miles (585 km²), or around 72,000 hectares. It is a part of the Darién Gap, shared by Panama and Colombia and is contiguous to Darién National Park in Panama. The Pan-American Highway is near Los Katíos National Park. The park was declared a World Heritage Site in 1994 due to the extraordinary diversity of plant and animal species represented. The park contains over 25% of the bird species reported for Colombia in an area less than 1% of the total Colombian territory.

References

* [http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/711 UNESCO]
* [http://www.wcmc.org.uk/protected_areas/data/wh/katios.html World Conservation Monitoring Centre]
* [http://www.oas.org OAS.org]
* [http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/PANAMA.HTM]