Mexico
Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country in the southern portion of North America. It is borders of Mexico, bordered to the north by the United States; to the so ...
recognizes 67
federally protected natural areas as
national park
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 ...
s ( es, Parques Nacionales), which are administered by the
National Commission of Protected Natural Areas
National may refer to:
Common uses
* Nation or country
** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen
Places in the United States
* National, Maryland, c ...
(CONANP), a branch of the federal
Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources. Together, they cover a combined area of in 23 of the 31
Mexican states
The states of Mexico are first-level administrative territorial entities of the country of Mexico, which is officially named United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a separate en ...
and the independent district of
Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...
, representing 0.73% of the territory of Mexico.
National Commission of Protected Natural Areas
, retrieved 6 February 2012
List of national parks
See also
* Mexican Protected Natural Areas
References
Sources
CONANP listing of parks (Spanish)
*Guia Roji: Por las carreteras de México, 2006
External links
CONANP websiteThe Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources
Mexico Parks at Planeta.com
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Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
Mexico geography-related lists
Lists of tourist attractions in Mexico