Huatulco National Park
National park in Oaxaca, Mexico
Huatulco National Park | |
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Bahias de Huatulco | |
IUCN category
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national park
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Beach at Huatulco National Park, August 2012
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Location | Oaxaca , Mexico |
Nearest city | Santa María Huatulco |
Coordinates | 15°42′50″N 96°11′42″W / 15.714°N 96.195°W / 15.714; -96.195 [1] |
Area | 11,890 ha (29,400 acres) |
Established | 1998 |
Official name | Cuencas y corales de la zona costera de Huatulco |
Designated | 27 November 2003 |
Reference no. | 1321 [3] |
Huatulco National Park , also known as Bahias de Huatulco National Park is a national park of Oaxaca , Mexico . It was initially declared a protected area and later decreed as a National Park on July 24, 1998. Located in the Municipality of Santa María Huatulco , to the west of Cruz Huatulco, it extends to an area of 11,890 ha (29,400 acres) .
Flora and fauna
In the low lands of the park, there are 9,000 species of plants (about 50% of the species are reported throughout the country) in the forest and mangroves in the coastal belt. Vegetation is dominated by the low tropical dry forest in 80% of the area with the unusual feature of 50 ft (15 m) high trees. [4]
Fauna species have been identified as 264, which includes armadillos and white-tailed deer . Bird species are counted at 701, which include hummingbirds , pelicans and hawks . The reptile species are counted to be 470, which include black iguana , salamanders and snakes . Dolphins , whales and turtles are sighted species off the coast line, out of the identified 100 amphibian species. [4]
References
- ↑ "Huatulco National Park" . protectedplanet.net .
- "Huatulco National Park" . protectedplanet.net .
- ↑ "Cuencas y corales de la zona costera de Huatulco" . Ramsar Sites Information Service . Retrieved 25 April 2018 .
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"Bahias de Huatulco National Park"
. Huatulco Tour Guide. Archived from
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