Tirgua National Park
( es, Parque nacional Tirgua), also known as General Manuel Manrique National Park, is a
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 dec ...
in
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 th ...
.
It protects the headwaters of several waterways, especially the river Tirgua, which gives its name to the park.
It is located between the municipalities San Carlos and Anzoátegui of the
state Cojedes and the municipality Nirgua of the
state Yaracuy, occupying an approximate area of 910 km
2.
It consists of deciduous and semi-deciduous forests, with many palm trees in the understory.
Mammals include araguato capuchin monkeys,
cunaguaro
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s, lapas, and
tapir
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s.
See also
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List of national parks of Venezuela
*
Morrocoy National Park
Morrocoy National Park is located in the easternmost coast of Falcón state and northwestern of Golfo Triste, in the west central Venezuelan coast, near the towns of Boca de Aroa, Tucacas, Sanare, Chichiriviche, Flamenco and Tocuyo de la Costa, ...
References
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National parks of Venezuela
Protected areas established in 1992