La Cangreja National Park lies in the Puriscal canton of San Jose Province in west central Costa Rica, within the Central Pacific Conservation Area near the Pacific coast. It was protected from 1987 as the Cerro de la Cangreja Protected Zone before being redesignated a national park in 2002. Covering about 4,600 acres, its forests hold diverse wildlife, with more than 300 recorded bird species, including scarlet macaws, trogons, toucans, and the sunbittern, along with agoutis, coatis, collared peccaries, green and black poison dart frogs, and ctenosaurs.
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Designation Category Established Year Area (sq km) Governing BodyNational System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) 1 Classification
Governance TypeGovernance by Government 1 Governing Body
Governing Body (category)National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) 1 Sources
1. La Cangreja National Park (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationWikipedia infobox, governing_body field
National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC)
Wikipedia infobox, governance-type government
National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC)
View the Source 2. Wikidata: La Cangreja National Park
- Wikidata Q4552189, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata P2046 (area), preferred/latest rank
- Wikidata P31 (instance of) = Q46169
- Wikidata Q4552189 P571 inception
- Part Of: Costa Rica, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
View the SourceWikidata: Costa Rica
On Continent: North America, Wikidata item for Costa Rica, property P30 (continent)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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