Darién National Park

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Darién National Park is a vast, remote UNESCO World Heritage rainforest reserve in eastern Panama, renowned for its exceptional biodiversity and largely roadless wilderness.

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Darién National Park canonical 12
Darién rainforest 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site
biosphere reserve
national park
access primarily by river and air
area approximately 5790 square kilometres
approximately 579000 hectares
borders Colombia
Pacific Ocean
continent North America
country Panama
ecosystemType cloud forest
mangrove forest
montane forest
tropical rainforest
wetlands
established 1980
fauna Baird's tapir
giant anteater
harpy eagle
jaguar
scarlet macaw
flora epiphytes
tropical hardwood trees
governingBody National Environmental Authority of Panama
highestPoint Cerro Tacarcuna
inhabitedBy Emberá
surface form: Emberá people

Wounaan people
IUCNCategory II
knownFor being largely roadless
exceptional biodiversity
remote wilderness
languageOfLocalCommunities Emberá
Spanish
Wounaan
locatedIn Darién Province
eastern Panama
nearestCity Yaviza
partOf Darién Gap
terrainFeature mountain ranges
rivers
swamps
threat illegal logging
illegal settlements
poaching
UNESCOBiosphereReserveSince 1983
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ix)
(x)
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Latin America
surface form: Latin America and the Caribbean
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1981

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Darién Gap contains Darién National Park
Darién Gap UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteWithin Darién National Park
Yaviza, Panama hasNearbyRegion Darién National Park
subject surface form: Yaviza
Yaviza, Panama hasNearbyRegion Darién National Park
subject surface form: Yaviza
this entity surface form: Darién rainforest
Darién Province contains Darién National Park
Darién Province hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Darién National Park
Darién Province hasProtectedArea Darién National Park
Chucunaque River locatedInProtectedArea Darién National Park
Serranía de Pirre partiallyWithin Darién National Park
Serranía de Pirre protectedBy Darién National Park
Chepigana District hasProtectedAreaNearby Darién National Park
Pinogana District locatedInProtectedArea Darién National Park
Pinogana District contains Darién National Park