Machalilla National Park

E329470
national park protected area

Machalilla National Park is a coastal Ecuadorian national park renowned for its dry forests, rich marine biodiversity, and the popular Isla de la Plata, often called the “poor man’s Galápagos.”

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Label Occurrences
Machalilla National Park canonical 7
Machalilla National Park entrance 1
Machalilla National Park protected area 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national park ⓘ
protected area ⓘ
area approximately 14,000 square kilometers of marine area ⓘ
approximately 560 square kilometers of land ⓘ
climate seasonally dry tropical climate ⓘ
contains Agua Blanca community ⓘ
Isla de la Plata ⓘ
Los Frailes Beach ⓘ
Salango Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Ecuador ⓘ
established 1979 ⓘ
governingBody Ministry of Environment of Ecuador ⓘ
hasActivity birdwatching ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
snorkeling ⓘ
whale watching ⓘ
hasCoastline Pacific Ocean ⓘ
hasCommunity Agua Blanca community ⓘ
surface form: Agua Blanca indigenous community
hasConservationFocus marine biodiversity protection ⓘ
tropical dry forest conservation ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage pre-Columbian archaeological sites ⓘ
hasEcosystem cloud forest remnants ⓘ
coastal marine ecosystem ⓘ
tropical dry forest ⓘ
hasFeature offshore islands ⓘ
rocky cliffs ⓘ
sandy beaches ⓘ
hasIUCNCategory II ⓘ
hasSpecies blue-footed booby ⓘ
frigatebird ⓘ
humpback whale ⓘ
sea turtle ⓘ
tropical dry forest bird species ⓘ
knownFor Isla de la Plata ⓘ
dry forests ⓘ
rich marine biodiversity ⓘ
locatedIn Manabí Province ⓘ
western Ecuador ⓘ
locatedOn Coastal Region of Ecuador ⓘ
surface form: Pacific coast of Ecuador
marineRegion Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor ⓘ
surface form: Tropical Eastern Pacific
nearestCity Puerto López ⓘ
nickname poor man’s Galápagos ⓘ
partOf Sistema Nacional de Áreas Protegidas del Ecuador ⓘ
surface form: Ecuadorian National System of Protected Areas
timeZone UTC−05:00 ⓘ
tourismImportance major ecotourism destination in Ecuador ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Manabí Province → hasProtectedArea → Machalilla National Park ⓘ
Manabí Province → touristAttraction → Machalilla National Park ⓘ
Coastal Region of Ecuador → hasTouristAttraction → Machalilla National Park ⓘ
Isla de la Plata → partOf → Machalilla National Park ⓘ
Isla de la Plata → partOfProtectedArea → Machalilla National Park ⓘ
Puerto López → touristAttractionNearby → Machalilla National Park ⓘ
Puerto López → distanceTo → Machalilla National Park ⓘ
this entity surface form: Machalilla National Park entrance
Puerto López → protectedAreaAccess → Machalilla National Park ⓘ
this entity surface form: Machalilla National Park terrestrial zone
Los Frailes Beach → locatedIn → Machalilla National Park ⓘ
Los Frailes Beach → isPartOf → Machalilla National Park ⓘ
this entity surface form: Machalilla National Park protected area