Tapo-Caparo National Park
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Tapo-Caparo National Park Parque nacional Tapo-Caparo | |
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Location | Venezuela |
Coordinates | 8°08′N 71°08′W / 8.133°N 71.133°WCoordinates: 8°08′N 71°08′W / 8.133°N 71.133°W |
Area | 2,050 km2 (790 sq mi) |
Established | 1992 |
The Tapo-Caparo National Park[1] (Spanish: Parque nacional Tapo-Caparo)[2] Also National Park Tapo Caparo Is a protected area with the national park[3] status in Venezuela,[4] which covers an area estimated at 2,050 square kilometers and is administratively located between the states of Barinas, Mérida and Táchira, to the west of Venezuelan territory. National park was decreed The 14 of January 1992 in the government of the then president Carlos Andrés Pérez.
It has a diversity of forests, ferns and mosses, lichens, fungi, fauna that includes jaguars, toucans, boas and numerous gorges and rivers, was created with the purpose of protecting the nature near a dam called Uribante-Caparo hydroelectric complex.
See also
References
- ^ Parque nacional Tapo-Caparo
- ^ Guía ecoturística de Venezuela (in Spanish). Miro Popić Editor C.A. 1998-01-01.
- ^ Weidmann, K. (2003-01-01). Parques nacionales de Venezuela (in Spanish). Oscar Todtmann. ISBN 9789806028722.
- ^ Boyla, Kerem; Estrada, Angélica; International, BirdLife (2017-03-10). Áreas importantes para la conservación de las aves en los Andes tropicales: sitios prioritarios para la conservación de la biodiversidad (in Spanish). BirdLife International. ISBN 9789978441961.
Categories:
- CS1 Spanish-language sources (es)
- IUCN Category II
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- Articles containing Spanish-language text
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- National parks of Venezuela
- Protected areas established in 1992
- 1992 establishments in Venezuela
- Geography of Mérida (state)
- Geography of Táchira
- Geography of Barinas (state)
- Tourist attractions in Mérida (state)
- Tourist attractions in Táchira
- Tourist attractions in Barinas (state)