Chiribiquete National Park

Chiribiquete National Natural Park
Chiribiquete National Natural Park
PNN Serranía de Chiribiquete
IUCN category II (national park)
	Tepui in the Park
	Map of the national park
Nearest city	San José del Guaviare
Coordinates	0°31′31″N 72°47′50″W / 0.52528°N 72.79722°W
Area	43,000 km2 (17,000 sq mi)
Established	1989
	Official website
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Chiribiquete National Park – “The Maloca of the Jaguar”
Type	Mixed
Criteria	(iii), (ix), (x)
Designated	2018 (42nd session)
Reference no.	1174
Region	South America

Chiribiquete National Natural Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Natural (PNN) Serranía de Chiribiquete) is the largest national park in Colombia and the largest tropical rainforest national park in the world. It was established on 21 September 1989 and has been expanded twice, first in August 2013 and then in July 2018.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The park occupies about 43,000 km² (17,000 sq mi) and includes the Serranía de Chiribiquete mountains and the surrounding lowlands, which are covered by tropical moist forests, savannas and rivers.^[1]^[4]

^ ^a ^b "Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia". Government of Colombia. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
^ "Chiribiquete National Park– "The Maloca of the Jaguar"". UNESCO. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
^ "Colombia makes history with huge expansion of largest national park". International Union for Conservation of Nature. 25 September 2013. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Colombia's Serranía de Chiribiquete is now the world's largest tropical rainforest national park". World Wide Fund for Nature. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.

[Colombia-1] "Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia". Government of Colombia. Retrieved 3 July 2018.

[UNESCO-2] "Chiribiquete National Park– "The Maloca of the Jaguar"". UNESCO. Retrieved 3 July 2018.

[IUCN-3] "Colombia makes history with huge expansion of largest national park". International Union for Conservation of Nature. 25 September 2013. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.

[WWF-4] "Colombia's Serranía de Chiribiquete is now the world's largest tropical rainforest national park". World Wide Fund for Nature. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.

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