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List Of National Parks Of Guatemala ...
National parks in Guatemala include: National parks See also * Biosphere reserves of Guatemala References {{Guatemala topics Guatemala * National parks National parks A national park is a natural park in use for conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Park
A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently, there is a common idea: the conservation of 'wild nature' for posterity and as a symbol of national pride. The United States established the first "public park or pleasuring-ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people", Yellowstone National Park, in 1872. Although Yellowstone was not officially termed a "national park" in its establishing law, it was always termed such in practice and is widely held to be the first and oldest national park in the world. However, the Tobago Main Ridge Forest Reserve (in what is now Trinidad and Tobago; established in 1776), and the area surrounding Bogd Khan Mountain, Bogd Khan Uul Mountain (Mongolia, 1778), wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laguna El Pino
El Pino Lake is a lake in Guatemala. It is located 30 km south-southeast of Guatemala City, in the municipality of Barberena in the Santa Rosa Department. The lake has a surface area of 0.72 km² and a maximum depth of 18 m. The lake waters are used for subsistence fishing, sport fishing, and swimming. Laguna El Pino National Park In 1955 the lake, and a minor part of the lake shores, were designated a national park. The park, including the lake, covers an area of 0.73 km² and is managed by the National Forestry Institute (INAB) in conjunction with representatives of the local population. 20% of the lake shores are government property and 80% is privately owned. Vegetation consists mainly of floating beds of Water Hyacinth ('' Eichhornia crassipes''), submergent beds of Waterweed (''Elodea canadensis''), and marshy areas with Spikerushes (''Eleocharis elegans'') and Giant Bulrush (''Scirpus californicus''). The lake shores have some wooded areas with ''Casuarina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San José La Colonia
San José la Colonia is located in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ..., on the northern outskirts of the city of Cobán (). Formerly a nationalized finca, San José la Colonia was designated a national park in 1976. The park covers an area of 54 ha, and is managed by the National Forestry Institute (INAB). References National parks of Guatemala Protected areas established in 1976 {{NorthAm-protected-area-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izabal (department)
Izabal () is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala. Its coastal areas form part of the homeland of the Garifuna people. Izabal is bordered to the north by Belize, to the north east by the Gulf of Honduras, and to the east by Honduras, and by the Guatemalan departments of Petén Department, Petén to the north west, Alta Verapaz Department, Alta Verapaz to the west, and Zacapa Department, Zacapa to the south. The Izabal Department surrounds Lake Izabal (or Lago de Izabal), Guatemala's largest lake (about 48 km long and 24 km wide, with an area of about 590 km²). The Spain, Spanish Colonial fort of San Felipe, now a Guatemalan national monument, overlooks the point where the lake flows into the Río Dulce (Guatemala), Río Dulce. The small town of Izabal (town), Izabal is on the south shore of the lake; before the construction of the ports of Livingston, Guatemala, Livingston and Puerto Barrios in the 19th century this was Guatemala's main Caribbean Sea port and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Río Dulce (Guatemala)
Dulce River ( es, Río Dulce, or "Sweet River") is a river in Guatemala, completely contained within the department of Izabal. It is part of a lake and river system that has become a popular cruising sailboat destination. The river begins at the point where it flows out of Lake Izabal. At the entrance to the river there is a small Spanish colonial fort, the Castillo de San Felipe de Lara, built to stop pirates entering the lake from the Caribbean when this part of Central America was an important shipping staging point. Just after the river flows from Lake Izabal it is spanned by one of the biggest bridges in Central America. On one side of the bridge is the town of Fronteras, commonly referred to by the name Río Dulce, the local center of commerce for the area. Fronteras has a local vegetable market, attracting locals from the countryside who arrive in dugout canoes. Most of these boats are powered with Japanese outboard motors but many come to market day paddling these ''c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Totonicapán (department)
Totonicapán is a city in Guatemala. It serves as the capital of the department of Totonicapán and as the administrative seat for the surrounding municipality of Totonicapán. History In 1838 Totonicapam was declared an independent republic, in which the adjoining departments of Sololá and Quezaltenango were included. This state existed for two years, and was then again merged in the republic of Guatemala. Totonicapam suffered greatly in the earthquake of April 18, 1902. Historically, Totonicapán was known for its hot spring A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth. The groundwater is heated either by shallow bodies of magma (molten rock) or by circ ...s. Notes and References External links * Municipalities of the Totonicapán Department {{Guatemala-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riscos De Momostenango
Riscos de Momostenango is an area of curiously shaped sandstone formations located in the municipality of Momostenango in Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H .... An area of 2.4 km2, including the sandstone formations and the surrounding forests, was declared a national park in 1955. References National parks of Guatemala Protected areas established in 1955 1955 establishments in Guatemala {{NorthAm-protected-area-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tikal
Tikal () (''Tik’al'' in modern Mayan orthography) is the ruin of an ancient city, which was likely to have been called Yax Mutal, found in a rainforest in Guatemala. It is one of the largest archeological sites and urban centers of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. It is located in the archeological region of the Petén Basin in what is now northern Guatemala. Situated in the department of El Petén, the site is part of Guatemala's Tikal National Park and in 1979 it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Tikal was the capital of a conquest state that became one of the most powerful kingdoms of the ancient Maya. Though monumental architecture at the site dates back as far as the 4th century BC, Tikal reached its apogee during the Classic Period, c. 200 to 900. During this time, the city dominated much of the Maya region politically, economically, and militarily, while interacting with areas throughout Mesoamerica such as the great metropolis of Teotihuacan in the dista ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guatemala (department)
Guatemala Department is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala. The capital is Guatemala City, which also serves as the national capital. The department consists of Guatemala City and several of its suburbs. The department covers a surface area of , and had a population of 3,015,081 at the 2018 census. Municipalities # Amatitlán # Chinautla # Chuarrancho # Fraijanes # Guatemala City # Mixco # Palencia # San José del Golfo # San José Pinula # San Juan Sacatepéquez # San Miguel Petapa # San Pedro Ayampuc # San Pedro Sacatepéquez # San Raymundo # Santa Catarina Pinula # Villa Canales Villa Canales is a city and municipality in the Guatemala department of Guatemala, situated 22 km south of the capital Guatemala City. As of the 2018 census, the city had a population of 124,680, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naciones Unidas National Park
Naciones Unidas National Park is a forested park area of 4.91 km2, located 21 km south of Guatemala City, just north of Lake Amatitlán in the municipality of Villa Nueva. It is one of the last remaining nature reserves in the Guatemala City Metropolitan Area. History The United Nations National Park was declared a "National Park" by Presidential Agreement of May 26, 1955. It is one of the oldest National Parks in Guatemala. It was assigned as a usufruct for 25 years to Fundación Defensores de la Naturaleza according to agreement 319-97 of April 22, 1997. This agreement was modified by Agreement 42-2007 and later according to Agreement 124-2007, through these agreements Fundación Defensores de la Naturaleza has under its administration 2,497,160.5896 square meters. Features The park is visited by many people due to its proximity to the city offering views of the Pacaya Volcano and Lake Amatitlán. This destination protects the forest in the area and provides spaces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirador Río Azul
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Chimaltenango
Chimaltenango is a city in Guatemala with a population of 96,985 (2018 census). Population of cities & towns in Guatemala It serves as both the capital of the of and the municipal seat for the surrounding of the same name. Chimaltenango stands some west of |
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