National Parks of Colombia
Parques Nacionales de Colombia
Location	Colombia
Area	169,545 km2 (65,462 sq mi)
Established	1960
Governing body	Ministry of Environment
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The protected areas of Colombia are grouped into the National System of Protected Areas. As of 2018, there are 59 nationally protected areas which cover about 169,545 km² (65,462 sq mi) and represent more than 14% of the country's area.^[1]

National Natural Park System

The National Natural Park System is divided into the following categories:^[2]

• National Natural Parks (Parque Natural Nacional - PNN): 43
• Fauna and Flora Sanctuaries (Sanctuario de Flora y Fauna - SFF): 12
• National Natural Reserves (Reserva Natural Nacional - RNN): 2
• Unique Natural Areas (Área Natural Única - ANU): 1
• Road park (Vía Parque): 1

List of Nationally Protected Areas

National Natural Parks of Colombia

Image	Established	Name	Region	Subregion	Departments	Extension (ha)	Notes
	1960	PNN Cueva de los Guácharos	Andean	Eastern Ranges	Huila	9,000	[3]
	1964	PNN Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta	Caribbean		Magdalena La Guajira Cesar	383,000	[4]
	1964	Salamanca Island Road Park	Caribbean		Magdalena	56,200	[5]
	1968	PNN Farallones de Cali	Andean	Western Ranges	Valle del Cauca	150,000	[6]
	1968	PNN Puracé	Andean	Central Ranges	Cauca Huila	83,000	[7]
	1969	PNN Tayrona	Caribbean		Magdalena	15,000	[8]
	1970	PNN El Tuparro	Orinoquía		Vichada	548,000	[9]
	1971	PNN Serranía de la Macarena	Orinoquía		Meta	620,000	[10]
	1973	PNN Las Orquídeas	Andean	Western Ranges	Antioquia	32,000	[11]
	1973	PNN Los Katíos	Pacific		Chocó Antioquia	72,000	[12]
	1973	PNN Los Nevados	Andean	Central Ranges	Risaralda Tolima Caldas Quindío	58,300	[13]
	1975	PNN Amacayacu	Amazon		Amazonas	293,500	[14]
	1977	PNN Las Hermosas	Andean	Central Ranges	Tolima Valle del Cauca	125,000	[15]
	1977	PNN Nevado del Huila	Andean	Central Ranges	Huila Tolima Cauca Valle del Cauca	158,000	[16]
	1977	PNN Cordillera de los Picachos	Andean	Eastern Ranges	Meta Caquetá Huila	444,740	[17]
	1977	PNN Chingaza	Andean	Eastern Ranges	Cundinamarca Meta	76,600	[18]
	1977	PNN Sumapaz	Andean	Eastern Ranges	Cundinamarca Meta Huila	154,000	[19]
	1977	PNN Sierra Nevada del Cocuy	Andean	Eastern Ranges	Arauca Boyacá Casanare	306,000	[20]
	1977	PNN Pisba	Andean	Eastern Ranges	Boyacá	45,000	[21]
	1977	PNN Tamá	Andean	Eastern Ranges	Norte de Santander	15,000	[22]
	1977	SFF Iguaque	Andean	Eastern Ranges	Boyacá	6,750	[23]
	1977	PNN Corales del Rosario y San Bernardo	Caribbean		Bolívar Sucre	120,000	[24]
	1977	SFF Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta	Caribbean		Magdalena	26,810	[25]
	1977	PNN Sanquianga	Pacific		Nariño	80,000	[26]
	1977	PNN Macuira	Caribbean		La Guajira	25,000	[27]
	1977	PNN Paramillo	Andean	Western Ranges	Córdoba Antioquia	460,000	[28]
	1977	PNN Munchique	Andean	Western Ranges	Cauca	44,000	[29]
	1977	SFF Los Colorados	Caribbean		Bolívar	1,000	[30]
	1977	SFF Isla de La Corota	Andean	Central Ranges	Nariño	16	[31]
	1977	SFF Los Flamencos	Caribbean		La Guajira	7,682	[32]
	1983	PNN Isla Gorgona	Insular		Cauca	61,687	[33]
	1984	PNN La Paya	Amazon		Putumayo	422,000	[34]
	1985	SFF Galeras	Andean	Nudo de los Pastos	Nariño	7,615	[35]
	1986	PNN Cahuinarí	Amazon		Amazonas	575,000	[36]
	1987	PNN Utría	Pacific		Chocó	54,300	[37]
	1987	PNN Tatamá	Andean	Western Ranges	Chocó Risaralda Valle del Cauca	51,900	[38]
	1988	ANU Los Estoraques	Andean	Eastern Ranges	Norte de Santander	640	[39]
	1989	PNN Serranía de Chiribiquete	Amazon		Caquetá Guaviare	4,268,095	[40][41]
	1989	RNN Nukak	Amazon		Guaviare Vaupés	855,000	[42]
	1989	RNN Puinawai	Amazon		Guainía	1,092,500	[43]
	1989	PNN Tinigua	Amazon		Meta	201,875	[44]
	1989	PNN Catatumbo Barí	Andean	Eastern Ranges	Norte de Santander	158,125	[45]
	1993	SFF Guanentá Alto Río Fonce	Andean	Eastern Ranges	Santander	10,429	[46]
	1995	PNN Old Providence McBean Lagoon	Insular		San Andrés y Providencia	995	[47]
	1995	SFF Malpelo	Insular		Valle del Cauca	120	[48]
	1996	SFF Otún Quimbaya	Andean	Central Ranges	Risaralda	489	[49]
	2002	PNN Río Puré	Amazon		Amazonas	999,880	[50]
	2002	PNN Alto Fragua Indi-Wasi	Amazon		Caquetá	68,000	[51]
	2002	SFF El Corchal	Caribbean		Sucre Bolívar	3,850	[52]
	2005	PNN Selva de Florencia	Andean	Central Ranges	Caldas	10,019	[53]
	2005	PNN Serranía de los Yariguíes	Andean	Eastern Ranges	Santander	78,837	[54]
	2007	PNN Doña Juana-Cascabel Volcanic Complex	Andean	Nudo de los Pastos	Cauca Nariño	65,858	[55]
	2007	PNN Serranía de Los Churumbelos Auka-Wasi	Amazon		Cauca Caquetá Putumayo Huila	97,189	[56]
	2008	SFF Plantas Medicinales Orito Ingi-Ande	Amazon		Nariño Putumayo	10,204	[57]
	2009	PNN Yaigojé Apaporis	Amazon		Vaupés	1,060,603	[58]
	2010	PNN Uramba Bahía Málaga	Pacific		Valle del Cauca	47,094	[59]
	2013	SFF Playona Acandí	Caribbean		Chocó	26,232	[60][61]
	2013	PNN Corales de Profundidad	Caribbean		Sucre	149,192	[62][63]
	2014	PNN Bahía Portete – Kaurrele	Caribbean		La Guajira	14,080	[64][65]

Proposed areas

Currently there are other proposed areas for national natural parks:

• Morichales de Paz de Ariporo^[66]

The following locations could be declared fauna and flora sanctuaries:

• Bosque Seco del Patía
• Serranía de Pinche
• Serranía de San Lucas^[67]

Disbanded areas

Some zones of the park system had been disbanded because of negative human impact on the environment:

• SSF Arauca
• PNN Manaure

References