Tapo-Caparo National Park

The Tapo-Caparo National Park[1] (Spanish: Parque nacional Tapo-Caparo)[2] Also National Park Tapo Caparo Is a protected area with the national park[3] status in Venezuela,[4] which covers an area estimated at 2,050 square kilometers and is administratively located between the states of Barinas, Mérida and Táchira, to the west of Venezuelan territory. National park was decreed The 14 of January 1992 in the government of the then president Carlos Andrés Pérez.

Tapo-Caparo National Park Parque nacional Tapo-Caparo
IUCN category II (national park)
Location
Location	Venezuela
Coordinates	8°08′N 71°08′W
Area	2,050 km^2 (790 sq mi)
Established	1992 (1992)

It has a diversity of forests, ferns and mosses, lichens, fungi, fauna that includes jaguars, toucans, boas and numerous gorges and rivers, was created with the purpose of protecting the nature near a dam called Uribante-Caparo hydroelectric complex.

See also

• List of national parks of Venezuela
• Canaima National Park

References

1. Parque nacional Tapo-Caparo
2. Guía ecoturística de Venezuela (in Spanish). Miro Popić Editor C.A. 1998-01-01.
3. Weidmann, K. (2003-01-01). Parques nacionales de Venezuela (in Spanish). Oscar Todtmann.
4. Boyla, Kerem; Estrada, Angélica; International, BirdLife (2017-03-10). Áreas importantes para la conservación de las aves en los Andes tropicales: sitios prioritarios para la conservación de la biodiversidad (in Spanish). BirdLife International. ISBN 9789978441961.