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    The Los Estoraques Unique Natural Area (Spanish: Área Natural Única Los Estoraques) is one of the smaller national parks, covering only 6 km2 (2.3 sq mi)...
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    los Guácharos Chingaza National Natural Park Yariguíes National Park Sierra Nevada del Cocuy Sumapaz Páramo Tamá National Natural Park Los Estoraques...
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    sites located in the western part of the department include Los Estoraques Unique Natural Area near La Playa de Belén. In the southwestern part of the department...
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  • Cueva de los Guácharos National Natural Park (English: Cave of the Oilbirds) is the oldest national park in Colombia. Located in the western face of the...
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    Los Katíos National Natural Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Natural (PNN) Los Katíos) is a protected area located in northwest Colombia which covers about...
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    Nacionales Naturales de Colombia. "Parque Nacional Natural Tatamá" (in Spanish). Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia. "Área Natural Única Los Estoraques" (in...
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    snowy mountain peaks. Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta National Natural Park is considered a unique place in the world, due to its isolation from the Andes,...
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    nationally designated protected areas. At the establishment of the most recent addition, Bahía Portete – Kaurrele National Natural Park, Colombian president...
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  • Las Orquídeas National Natural Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Natural Las Orquídeas or PNN Las Orquídeas) is a national park in the Cordillera Occidental...
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    protected areas are incorporated in Colombia. The park hosts a high number of marine and terrestrial species. Bahía Portete – Kaurrele National Natural Park...
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    Malpelo Island (category Important Bird Areas of Colombia)
    home to a unique species of land crabs, Johngarthia malpilensis, first described in 1893. The island has been recognised as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by...
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  • unique state of conservation of its ecosystems. The park is home to tributaries of the San Juan and Cauca Rivers and, in its highest elevation area,...
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    peaks, the highest being 4,050 m (13,290 ft). These peaks are referred to as Los Farallones (which means cliffs), the namesake of the mountains and national...
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    Laguna de Sonso Nature Reserve (category Protected areas established in 1978)
    Department of Colombia. It contains the last extensive remnant of original natural wetland remaining in the Cauca River Valley in western Colombia, and was...
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    of the Red Turística de Pueblos Patrimonio original cohort. The town's unique, colorful architecture was an inspiration for the settings in the hit 2021...
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    Gorgona Island (Colombia) (category Important Bird Areas of Colombia)
    1984 when it was turned into a National Natural Park. The island, noted for its many endemic species and unique ecosystems, was established as Gorgona...
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  • Cerulean Warbler Bird Reserve, known in Spanish as Reserva Natural de las Aves Reinita Cielo Azul, is a nature reserve near Bucaramanga in central Colombia...
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    Sierra Nevada del Cocuy (category Protected areas established in 1977)
    Most of the area surrounding the glaciated peaks of the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, and 55% of the entire area of the Parque Nacional Natural el Cocuy is...
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    Colibri del Sol Bird Reserve (category Protected areas established in 2005)
    Unique Natural Area Los Estoraques Road parks Salamanca Island Regional Nature Reserves Cerulean Warbler Colibri del Sol Laguna de Sonso Proposed Areas Bosque...
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    Park was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995 because of its "unique testimony to the artistic and social culture of the region". The park generates...
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    provenance area for the Magdalena River. In the vicinity of the area of Ocetá, to the southwest in Iza and Paipa for the Eastern Cordillera unique volcanic...
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