List of national parks in Ecuador

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This is a list of national parks in Ecuador.

Contents

1 National parks
2 Reserves
3 References
4 External links

[edit] National parks

There are 11 national parks:^[1]

Name	Photo	Location	Area	Established
Cotopaxi		Cotopaxi Province	&1000000000001220000000012,200 !33,393 ha (129 sq mi)	1975
El Cajas		Azuay Province	&1000000000002147100000021,471 !285.4 km² (110 sq mi)	1996
Galápagos		Galápagos Province	!7,995.4 km² (3,087 sq mi)	1959
Llanganates		Cotopaxi, Napo, Pastaza and Tungurahua Province	!219,707 ha (848 sq mi)	1996
Machalilla		Manabí Province	!750.59 km² (290 sq mi)	1979
Podocarpus		Zamora-Chinchipe Province	!1,462.8 km² (565 sq mi)	1982
Sangay		Morona Santiago, Chimborazo and Tungurahua Province	!5,177.65 km² (1,999 sq mi)	1979
Sumaco Napo-Galeras		Napo, Orellana and Sucumbíos Province	!206,749 ha (798 sq mi)
Yacurí		Zamora Chinchipe and Loja Province	!430,906 km² (166,374 sq mi)	2009
Yasuní National Park		Napo and Pastaza Province	!9,823 km² (3,793 sq mi)	1979

[edit] Reserves

[edit] Ecological reserves

There are 10 ecological reserves:^[2]

[edit] Biological reserves

There are 4 biological reserves:^[3]

[edit] Geobotanical reserve

There is one geobotanical reserve:^[4]

Pululahua Geobotanical Reserve

[edit] Wildlife refuges

There are 10 wildlife refuges:^[5]

Pasochoa Wildlife Refuges
Isla Santa Clara Wildlife Refuges
Isla Corazón y Fragata Wildlife Refuges
La Chiquita Wildlife Refuges
El Zarza Wildlife Refuges
El Pambilar Wildlife Refuges
Pacoche Wildlife Refuges
El Morro Swamps Wildlife Refuges
Rio Muisne Estuary Swampland Wildlife Refuges
Rio Esmereldas Estuary Swampland Wildlife Refuges

[edit] References

^ "National Parks of Ecuador". Ministerio del Ambiente, Ecuador. http://www.ambiente.gob.ec/?q=node/60. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
^ "Ecological Reserves of Ecuador". Ministerio del Ambiente, Ecuador. http://www.ambiente.gob.ec/?q=node/74. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
^ "Biological Reserves of Ecuador". Ministerio del Ambiente, Ecuador. http://www.ambiente.gob.ec/?q=node/70. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
^ "Geobotanical Reserves of Ecuador". Ministerio del Ambiente, Ecuador. http://www.ambiente.gob.ec/?q=node/84. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
^ "Wildlife Refuges of Ecuador". Ministerio del Ambiente, Ecuador. http://www.ambiente.gob.ec/?q=node/89. Retrieved 2011-07-15.

[edit] External links

v t e List of national parks of South America

Sovereign states	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Panama Paraguay Peru Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Uruguay Venezuela

v t e Protected areas of Ecuador

National Parks	Cotopaxi El Cajas Galápagos Llanganates Machalilla Podocarpus Sangay Yacurí Yasuni Sumaco Napo-Galeras

Biological Reserves	Limoncocha National Biological Reserve Galápagos Marine Reserve

Ecological Reserves	Antisana Arenillas Cayambe Coca Cayapas Mataje Cofán Bermejo Cotacachi Cayapas El Ángel Illinizas Mache Chindul Churute Mangroves

Geobotanical Reserves	Pululahua

Wildlife Reserves	Chimborazo Corazón Island Cuyabeno El Salado

Wildlife Refuges	Pasochoa Muisne River Mangroves Santa Clara Island

National Recreational Parks	El Boliche Parque Lago

Binational Parks	El Condor

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