Mexico recognizes 67 federally protected natural areas as national parks (Spanish: Parques Nacionales), which are administered by the National Commission of Protected Natural Areas (CONANP), a branch of the federal Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources. Together, they cover a combined area of 1,432,024 hectares (3,538,610 acres) in 23 of the 31 Mexican states and the independent district of Mexico City, representing 0.73% of the territory of Mexico.
List of national parks
See also
- Mexican Protected Natural Areas
References
Sources
- CONANP listing of parks (Spanish)
- Guia Roji: Por las carreteras de México, 2006
External links
- CONANP website
- The Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (in Spanish)
- Mexico Parks at Planeta.com
