Sierra de las Nieves National Park

Sierra de las Nieves National Park
Parque Nacional de la Sierra de las Nieves
IUCN category II (national park)
Location of Sierra de las Nieves
Location	Province of Málaga, Spain
Nearest city	Tolox
Coordinates	36°41′00″N 05°00′00″W / 36.68333°N 5.00000°W / 36.68333; -5.00000
Area	93,930 ha (362.7 sq mi)
Established	July 28, 1989 (1989-07-28)
Visitors	100,000

The Sierra de las Nieves National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional de la Sierra de las Nieves) is a national park in the Sierra de las Nieves range, Andalusia, southern Spain. It is located behind Marbella and to the east of the road to Ronda from the Costa del Sol. In 2019, the Council of Ministers proposed to Parliament the transformation of the Natural Park into a National Park.^[1] On 1 July 2021, King Felipe VI gave royal assent to the Sierra de las Nieves National Park Act, which declares it as a National Park.^[2]

Sierra de las Nieves stands out for the great variety of landscapes and ecosystems it boasts and this is due to the complex geology and geomorphology it presents, as well as the special climatic conditions to which it is exposed.

The true hallmark of this territory are the Spanish fir forests, a botanical relic of the Tertiary conifer forests, endemic to the mountain ranges of Malaga and Cadiz, and which have in this protected natural area their largest area of distribution in the world with nearly 2,000 hectares.^[3]