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 ...
's natural monuments (or ''Monumentos Naturales'' in
Spanish
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) are
protected natural areas.
Five areas – Bonampak, Cerro de La Silla, Río Bravo del Norte, Yagul, and Yaxchilán – are designated by the Mexican federal government and are administrated by the
National Commission of Protected Natural Areas
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(CONANP). Six others are designated and administered by state governments.
[UNEP-WCMC (2021). Protected Area Profile for Mexico from the World Database of Protected Areas. Accessed 2 October 2021]
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CONANP defines Natural Monuments as areas that contain one or more natural elements, that have a unique character, aesthetic, historic, or scientific value, that require absolute protection. Sites do not need to have a variety of ecosystems to be included in this category.
List of natural monuments
As of September 2021, there were eleven sites in Mexico designated as natural monuments.[
* Bernal de Horcasitas in ]Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas), is a state in the northeast region of Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entiti ...
(156.77 km² km2). Designated in 1997.
* Bonampak
Bonampak (known anciently as ''Ak'e'' or, in its immediate area as ''Usiij Witz'', 'Vulture Hill') is an ancient Maya archaeological site in the Mexican state of Chiapas. The site is approximately south of the larger site of the people Yaxchilan, ...
in Chiapas (43.57 km2). Designated in 1993.
* Cerro del Muerto in Aguascalientes (58.36 km2). Designated in 2008.
* Cerro de la Silla
The Cerro de la Silla is a mountain and natural monument located within the metropolitan area of the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León, in northeastern Mexico. Named for its distinctive saddle-shaped profile when viewed from the west, it is a well-k ...
in Nuevo Leon Nuevo is the Spanish word for "new". It may refer to:
* Nuevo, California, a town in the state of California
* Nuevo (band), featuring singer and musician Peter Godwin
* Nuevo (Bayamón), a settlement in Puerto Rico
* "Nuevo", Spanish-language vers ...
(60.39 km2). Designated in 1991.
* El Sótano de Las Golondrinas
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* El (deity), a Semitic word for "God"
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in San Luis Potosí (2.82 km2). Designated in 2001.
* Gruta del Cerro Coconá
Gruta (german: Grutta) is a village in Grudziądz County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Gruta. It lies approximately east of Grudziądz and nort ...
in Tabasco
Tabasco (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tabasco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tabasco), is one of the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa.
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(2.85 km2). Designated in 1988.
* La Hoya de las Huahuas
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in San Luis Potosí (4.06 km2). Designated in 2001.
* Río Bravo del Norte Natural Monument
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in Coahuila (21.75 km2). Designated in 2009.
* Siete Luminarias
Siete Luminarias (The Seven Luminaries) is a group of seven extinct volcanoes in central Mexico, located in and around the town of Valle de Santiago in the state of Guanajuato.
Geography
The Siete Luminarias are low-rimmed volcanoes, or maars, w ...
Volcanic Region in Guanajuato (89.28 km2). Designated in 1997.
* Yagul
Yagul is an archaeological site and former city-state associated with the Zapotec civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, located in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. The site was declared one of the country's four Natural Monuments on 13 October 19 ...
in Oaxaca
Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of Mexico. It is ...
(10.76 km2). Designated in 1999.
* Yaxchilan
Yaxchilan () is an ancient Maya city located on the bank of the Usumacinta River in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. In the Late Classic Period Yaxchilan was one of the most powerful Maya states along the course of the Usumacinta River, with Pi ...
in Chiapas (26.21 km2). Designated in 1992.
References
External links
CONANP's official website
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