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Distribution of Venezuela's national parks[ 1] 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.[citation needed
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 [ edit ]
National parks of Venezuela
Number
Image
Date established
Name
Region
State
Type
Area (km2 )
1
2 February 1937 Henri Pittier Central Region Aragua Carabobo Mountainous
1,078.00
2
2 May 1952 Sierra Nevada Andean Region Mérida Barinas Mountainous
2,764.46
3
31 March 1958 Guatopo Central Region Miranda Guárico Mountainous
1,224.64
4
12 December 1958 El Ávila Capital Region Federal District Miranda Vargas Mountainous
851.92
5
18 March 1960 Yurubí Central-Western Region Yaracuy Mountainous
236.70
6
12 June 1962 Canaima Guayana Region Bolívar Guayana Shield 30,000.00
7
12 June 1962 Yacambú Central-Western Region Lara Mountainous
269.16
8
21 May 1969 Cueva de la Quebrada del Toro Central-Western Region Falcón Mountainous
48.85
9
8 August 1972 Los Roques Insular Region Federal Dependencies Insular
2,211.20
10
5 December 1973 Macarao Capital Region Federal District Miranda Mountainous
150
11
19 December 1973 Mochima North-Eastern Region Sucre Anzoátegui Coastal
949.35
12
6 February 1974 Laguna de La Restinga Insular Region Nueva Esparta Insular
188.62
13
6 February 1974 Médanos de Coro Central-Western Region Falcón Coastal
912.80
14
13 February 1974 Laguna de Tacarigua Capital Region Miranda Coastal
391
15
27 February 1974 Cerro El Copey Insular Region Nueva Esparta Insular
71.30
16
7 March 1974 Aguaro-Guariquito Llanos Region Guárico Llanos 5,690
17
26 May 1974 Morrocoy Central-Western Region Falcón Coastal
320.90
18
27 May 1975 Cueva del Guácharo North-Eastern Region Monagas Mountainous
627
19
14 April 1976 Terepaima Central-Western Region Lara Portuguesa Mountainous
186.5
20
12 December 1978 Serranía de la Neblina Guayana Region Amazonas Guayana Shield 13,600
21
12 December 1978 Yapacana Guayana Region Amazonas Guayana Shield 3,200
22
12 December 1978 Duida-Marahuaca Guayana Region Amazonas Guayana Shield 3,737.4
23
12 December 1978 Península de Paria North-Eastern Region Sucre Mountainous
375
24
12 December 1978 Sierra de Perijá Zulian Region Zulia Mountainous
2,952.88
25
12 December 1978 El Tamá Andean Region Táchira Apure Mountainous
1,390
26
14 January 1987 San Esteban Central Region Carabobo Mountainous
445
27
6 May 1987 Sierra de San Luis (J. Crisóstomo Falcón)Central-Western Region Falcón Mountainous
200
28
24 February 1988 Santos Luzardo Llanos Region Apure Mountainous
5,843.68
29
25 May 1988 Guaramacal (G. Cruz Carrillo)Andean Region Trujillo Portuguesa Mountainous
214.66
30
30 November 1988 Dinira Central-Western Region Lara Portuguesa Trujillo Mountainous
453.28
31
18 January 1989 Páramos Batallón y La Negra Andean Region Mérida Táchira Mountainous
952
32
7 December 1989 Chorro El Indio Andean Region Táchira Mountainous
170
33
7 December 1989 Sierra La Culata Andean Region Mérida Trujillo Mountainous
2,004
34
7 December 1989 Cerro Saroche Central-Western Region Lara Mountainous
322.94
35
6 June 1991 Turuépano North-Eastern Region Sucre Marshy
726
36
5 June 1991 Delta del Orinoco (Mariusa)Guayana Region Delta Amacuro Deltaic
3,310
37
5 June 1991 Ciénagas de Juan Manuel Zulian Region Zulia Marshy
2,261.3
38
1 August 1991 Parima Tapirapecó Guayana Region Amazonas Guayana Shield 39,000
39
5 June 1992 Río Viejo San Camilo Llanos Region Apure Llanos 800
40
5 June 1992 Tirgua (Gen. Manuel Manrique)Central-Western Region Yaracuy Cojedes Mountainous
910
41
26 March 1993 El Guache Central-Western Region Lara Portuguesa Mountainous
125
42
26 March 1993 Tapo-Caparo Andean Region Barinas Mérida Táchira Mountainous
2,050
43
21 March 2017 Caura Guayana Region Bolívar Amazonas Mountainous
75,340
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