Bosque de Fray Jorge National Park, in the Coquimbo Region of Chile about 100 kilometers south of La Serena, was established in 1941 and covers about 100 square kilometers. It protects the northernmost stands of Valdivian temperate rainforest, a relict ecosystem sustained mainly by coastal fog in a setting that receives only about 113 millimeters of rain a year on the edge of the Atacama Desert, and UNESCO designated the park a biosphere reserve in 1977.
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Designation Category Established Year Area (sq km) Governing BodyCorporación Nacional Forestal 1 Classification
Governance TypeGovernance by Government 1 International DesignationUNESCO Biosphere Reserve 1 Governing Body
Governing Body (category)Corporacion Nacional Forestal (Chile) 1 Sources
1. Bosque de Fray Jorge National Park (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation- Infobox, area (converted to square kilometres where the infobox gives another unit)
Infobox: established
1941
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Bosque de Fray Jorge national park or Bosque Fray Jorge national park (Spanish Parque Nacional Bosque Fray Jorge) lies in the Limarí Province, Coquimbo Region, Chile.
Infobox: governing_body
Corporación Nacional Forestal
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Bosque de Fray Jorge national park or Bosque Fray Jorge national park (Spanish Parque Nacional Bosque Fray Jorge) lies in the Limarí Province, Coquimbo Region, Chile.
Wikipedia infobox, governing_body field
Corporación Nacional Forestal
entity-description, international-designation unesco-biosphere-reserve
It protects the northernmost stands of Valdivian temperate rainforest, a relict ecosystem sustained mainly by coastal fog in a setting that receives only about 113 millimeters of rain a year on the edge of the Atacama Desert, and UNESCO designated the park a biosphere reserve in 1977.
Wikipedia infobox, governance-type government
Corporación Nacional Forestal
Part Of: Chile, Lead paragraph
UNESCO biosphere reserve. Management of this and other national parks in Chile
On Continent: South America
Bosque de Fray Jorge national park or Bosque Fray Jorge national park (Spanish Parque Nacional Bosque Fray Jorge) lies in the Limarí Province, Coquimbo Region, Chile.
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