Montecristo National Park is a large national park centered on the Montecristo cloud forest in
Mesoamerica
Mesoamerica is a historical region and cultural area in southern North America and most of Central America. It extends from approximately central Mexico through Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northern Costa Rica. W ...
. Montecristo National Park is located in the north-western tip of
El Salvador
El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...
, a country in
Central America
Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...
known for its wildlife diversity.
It was founded in 2008, and covers an area of 19.73 km
2.
[UNEP-WCMC (2021). Protected Area Profile for Parque Nacional Montecristo from the World Database of Protected Areas. Accessed 9 September 2021]
/ref> The national park, together with Montecristo Trifinio National Park
Montecristo Trifinio National Park is a national park in Honduras. It was established on 1 January 1987 and covers an area of 54 square kilometres.
The Montecristo massif is an area where the borders of Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador mee ...
in Honduras and Trifinio Biosphere Reserve
The Trifinio Biosphere Reserve is a protected area in Guatemala, located where the borders of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras meet (thus the prefix ''tri'' in its name). The reserve was created in 1987, and has an area of 221.79 km2. It protec ...
in Guatemala, form the Trifinio Fraternidad Transboundary Biosphere Reserve
The Trifinio Fraternidad Transboundary Biosphere Reserve is a transboundary protected area located where the borders of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras meet (thus the prefix ''tri'' in its name). It protects the Montecristo massif and its cloud ...
.
References
External links
Official site
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National parks of El Salvador
Central American pine–oak forests
Central American montane forests