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 NumberImageDate established NameRegionStateTypeArea (km2) 1 Henri Pittier Central Region AraguaCarabobo Mountainous 2 Sierra Nevada Andean Region MéridaBarinas Mountainous 3 Guatopo Central Region MirandaGuárico Mountainous 4 El Ávila Capital Region Federal DistrictMirandaVargas Mountainous 5 Yurubí Central-Western Region Yaracuy Mountainous 6 Canaima Guayana Region Bolívar Guayana Shield 7 Yacambú Central-Western Region Lara Mountainous 8 Cueva de la Quebrada del Toro Central-Western Region Falcón Mountainous 9 Los Roques Insular Region Federal Dependencies Insular 10 Macarao Capital Region Federal DistrictMiranda Mountainous 11 Mochima North-Eastern Region SucreAnzoátegui Coastal 12 Laguna de La Restinga Insular Region Nueva Esparta Insular 13 Médanos de Coro Central-Western Region Falcón Coastal 14 Laguna de Tacarigua Capital Region Miranda Coastal 15 Cerro El Copey Insular Region Nueva Esparta Insular 16 Aguaro-Guariquito Llanos Region Guárico Llanos 17 Morrocoy Central-Western Region Falcón Coastal 18 Cueva del Guácharo North-Eastern Region Monagas Mountainous 19 Terepaima Central-Western Region LaraPortuguesa 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 24 Sierra de Perijá Zulian Region Zulia Mountainous 25 El Tamá Andean Region TáchiraApure 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 TrujilloPortuguesa Mountainous 30 Dinira Central-Western Region LaraPortuguesaTrujillo Mountainous 31 Páramos Batallón y La Negra Andean Region MéridaTáchira Mountainous 32 Chorro El Indio Andean Region Táchira Mountainous 33 Sierra La Culata Andean Region MéridaTrujillo 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 YaracuyCojedes Mountainous 41 El Guache Central-Western Region LaraPortuguesa Mountainous 42 Tapo-Caparo Andean Region BarinasMéridaTáchira Mountainous 43 Caura Guayana Region Bolívar Amazonas Mountainous
See also List of national parks Venezuelan bolívar banknotes
References
External links
Instituto Nacional de Parques de Venezuela Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Ambiente (Ministry of Environment) National Parks in Venezuela