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Teta De Niquitao-Guirigay Natural Monument
The Teta de Niquitao-Guirigay Natural Natural Monument ( es, Monumento Natural Teta de Niquitao-Guirigay) Is a protected natural space located in the Trujillo state, in the Andes of Venezuela. It has the highest mountain in the state with a height of 4006 meters. It is located in the Niquitao parish of Boconó municipality, this Andean landscape is emblematic for all locals. This natural monument was promulgated according to Decree No. 1,473 on September 4, 1996 and published in Official Gazette No. 36.063 on October 11, 1996. It had its justification in the need to protect and preserve unique landscapes consisting of monoclinic ridges, moors and relics of cloud forest, so that INPARQUES guarantees the conservation and preservation of the natural and cultural resources of the area. The «Teta de Niquitao» (4,006 masl) is also known by the name of Musi or Picacho peak (local name derived from the term pico). This monument can be reached through the city of Boconó, then heading to ...
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Trujillo State
Trujillo State ( es, link=no, Estado Trujillo, ) is one of the 23 States of Venezuela, states of Venezuela. Its capital is Trujillo, Trujillo, Trujillo but the largest city is Valera. The state is divided into 20 municipalities and 93 parishes. Trujillo State covers a total surface area of and, has a 2011 census population of 686,367. History Spanish colonization The city of Trujillo was founded in 1557 by the conquistador and captain Diego García de Paredes, in honor of his homonymous and native town located in Extremadura, Spain. Hostility from the Kuikas Indians and natural calamities forced changes in settlement, but on 27 October 1570 the town was finally located under the temporary name of Trujillo de Nuestra Señora de la Paz. It is also known as the Portable City because of its many foundations due to the fierce resistance of the indigenous people who inhabited that territory when defending their lands. On 31 December 1676, Maracaibo (separated from the province of ...
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Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It has a territorial extension of , and its population was estimated at 29 million in 2022. The capital and largest urban agglomeration is the city of Caracas. The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Colombia, Brazil on the south, Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east and on the east by Guyana. The Venezuelan government maintains a claim against Guyana to Guayana Esequiba. Venezuela is a federal presidential republic consisting of 23 states, the Capital District and federal dependencies covering Venezuela's offshore islands. Venezuela is among the most urbanized countries in Latin America; the vast majority of Venezuelans live in the cities of the n ...
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Natural Monument
A natural monument is a natural or natural/cultural feature of outstanding or unique value because of its inherent rarity, representative of aesthetic qualities or cultural significance. Under World Commission on Protected Areas guidelines, natural monuments are level III, described as: :"Areas are set aside to protect a specific natural monument, which can be a landform, sea mount, submarine cavern, geological feature such as a cave or even a living feature such as an ancient grove. They are generally quite small protected areas and often have high visitor value." This is a lower level of protection than level II (national parks) and level I (wilderness areas). The European Environment Agency's guidelines for selection of a natural monument are: * The area should contain one or more features of outstanding significance. Appropriate natural features include waterfalls, caves, craters, fossil beds, sand dunes and marine features, along with unique or representative fauna and flo ...
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List Of National Parks Of Venezuela
The national parks of Venezuela are protected areas in Venezuela covering a wide range of habitats. In 2007 there were 43 national parks, covering 21.76% of Venezuela's territory. Statistics Every Venezuela state has one or more national parks. * 5 national parks - Lara, Amazonas * 4 national parks - Falcón, Mérida, Miranda, Portuguesa, and Táchira. * 3 national parks - Apure, Sucre, and Trujillo. * 2 national parks - Barinas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Distrito Capital, Guárico, Nueva Esparta, Yaracuy, and Zulia. * 1 national park - Anzoátegui, Aragua, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Federal Dependencies, Monagas, and Vargas. 18 national parks are over 1000 km2; 15 over 2000 km2; 5 over 5000 km2 and 3 over 10,000 km2. The largest parks, in the Guayana Region, are Parima Tapirapecó National Park (39,000 km2) and Canaima National Park (30,000 km2). List of national parks * See also *List of national parks *Venezuelan bolívar banknotes Reference ...
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Abra De Río Frío Natural Monument
The Abra de Río Frío Natural Monument ( es, Monumento Natural Abra de Río Frío) Is a protected natural space located in the municipality of San Cristóbal, in the state of Táchira, Venezuela. Received the status of natural monument on February 18, 1993. The natural space aims to protect the geological and orographic structure of the open cold river, the only natural step through the Andean Cordilleras, linking the high western plains and tectonic Táchira depression. The area is of a very populated vegetation, whose flora plays a regulating role of the microclimatic conditions in its surroundings. The Cerros de Blanquisal are known for their scenic beauty. Close to its borders, which extend to the banks of the river Uribante, join the rivers Frío and Quinimari. The natural area also protects the transitability of the road that connects San Cristóbal with the regions of the Uribante. See also *List of national parks of Venezuela * Meseta la Galera Natural Monument *Teta de ...
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Natural Monuments Of Venezuela
Nature, in the broadest sense, is the physical world or universe. "Nature" can refer to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. The study of nature is a large, if not the only, part of science. Although humans are part of nature, human activity is often understood as a separate category from other natural phenomena. The word ''nature'' is borrowed from the Old French ''nature'' and is derived from the Latin word ''natura'', or "essential qualities, innate disposition", and in ancient times, literally meant "birth". In ancient philosophy, ''natura'' is mostly used as the Latin translation of the Greek word ''physis'' (φύσις), which originally related to the intrinsic characteristics of plants, animals, and other features of the world to develop of their own accord. The concept of nature as a whole, the physical universe, is one of several expansions of the original notion; it began with certain core applications of the word φύσις by pre-So ...
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