Aguaragüe National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area (''Parque Nacional y Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Serranía del Aguaragüe'') is a

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...

Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

situated in the

Tarija Department Tarija () is a department in Bolivia. It is located in south-eastern Bolivia bordering with Argentina to the south and Paraguay to the east. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 534,348 inhabitants. It has an area of . The city ...

Gran Chaco Province Gran Chaco is a province in the eastern part of Bolivia, located in the department of Tarija. The province voted to become an autonomous region on December 6, 2009. Location ''Gran Chaco'' province is one of six provinces in the Tarija Departme ...

. The national park covers the whole of Serranía del Aguaragüe, the easternmost mayor Sub-Andean range. The

Southern Andean Yungas The Southern Andean Yungas is a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in the Yungas of southwestern Bolivia and northwestern Argentina. Geography The ecoregion occurs along the eastern slope of the Andes from southern Bolivi ...

montane forests cover much of the park. A portion is in the Dry Chaco."Aguarague". DOPA Explorer. Accessed 3 April 2022
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References

External links

www.fundesnap.org / Aguaragüe National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area
(Spanish) National parks of Bolivia Geography of Tarija Department Gran Chaco Protected areas established in 2000 2000 establishments in Bolivia Southern Andean Yungas Parks established in the 2000s {{SouthAm-protected-area-stub