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La Amistad International Park
IUCN category II (national park)
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La Amistad International Park area
LocationPanama-Costa Rica
Coordinates09°24′18″N 82°56′10″W / 9.40500°N 82.93611°W / 9.40500; -82.93611
Area239 km2 Pacific, 1753 km2 Caribbean
EstablishedSeptember 6, 1988
Governing bodySINAC in Costa Rica
La Amistad International Park is located in Central America
La Amistad International Park
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Location in Central America
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official nameTalamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park
TypeNatural
Criteriavii, viii, ix, x
Designated1983 (7th session)
Reference no.205bis
RegionLatin America and the Caribbean
Extensions1990

The La Amistad International Park, or in Spanish Parque Internacional La Amistad, formerly the La Amistad National Park, is a transboundary protected area in Latin America, management of which is shared between Costa Rica (Caribbean La Amistad and Pacific La Amistad Conservation Areas) and Panama, following a recommendation by UNESCO after the park's inclusion in the World Heritage Site list in 1983.[1] The park and surrounding biosphere reserve is one of the most outstanding conservation areas in Central America, preserving a major tract of tropical forest wilderness.[1] It is world-renowned for its extraordinary biodiversity and endemism.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park". United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

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