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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.[1]
Name | Year opened | Area (km2) | Location | Note |
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Arrecife Alacranes National Park | 1994 | 3,337 | Yucatán | |
Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park | 1996 | 119 | Quintana Roo | |
Arrecife de Puerto Morelos National Park | 1998 | 90 | Quintana Roo | |
Arrecifes de Xcalak National Park | 2000 | 179 | Quintana Roo | |
Bahía de Loreto National Park | 1996 | 2,065 | Baja California Sur | |
Barranca del Cupatitzio National Park | 1938 | 3 | Michoacán | |
Basaseachic Falls National Park | 1981 | 58 | Chihuahua | |
Benito Juárez National Park | 1937 | 27 | Oaxaca | |
Bosencheve National Park | 1940 | 104 | Michoacán; Estado de México | |
Cabo Pulmo National Park | 1995 | 71 | Baja California Sur | |
Cañón del Río Blanco National Park | 1938 | 556 | Veracruz | |
Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 1980 | 217 | Chiapas | |
Cerro de Garnica National Park | 1936 | 9 | Michoacán | |
Cerro de la Estrella National Park | 1938 | 11 | Distrito Federal (Ciudad de México) | |
Cerro de Las Campanas National Park | 1937 | 0.58 | Querétaro | |
Cofre de Perote National Park | 1937 | 117 | Veracruz | |
Constitution 1857 National Park | 1962 | 50 | Baja California | |
Costa Occidental de Isla Mujeres National Park | 1996 | 86 | Quintana Roo | includes Punta Cancún y Punta Nizuc |
Cumbres del Ajusco National Park | 1936 | 9 | Distrito Federal (Ciudad de México) | |
Cumbres de Majalca National Park | 1939 | 47 | Chihuahua | |
Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 2000 | 1,773 | Nuevo León | |
Desierto del Carmen National Park | 1942 | 5 | Estado de México | also known as Nixcongo |
Desierto de los Leones National Park | 1917 | 15 | Distrito Federal (Ciudad de México) | |
Dzibilchantún National Park | 1987 | 5 | Yucatán | |
El Chico National Park | 1982 | 27 | Hidalgo | |
El Cimatario National Park | 1982 | 24 | Querétaro | |
Gogorrón National Park | 1936 | 250 | San Luis Potosí | |
El Histórico Coyoacán National Park | 1938 | 5 | Distrito Federal (Ciudad de México) | see also Viveros de Coyoacán |
El Potosí National Park | 1936 | 20 | San Luis Potosí | |
El Sabinal National Park | 1938 | 0.08 | Nuevo León | |
El Tepeyac National Park | 1937 | 15 | Distrito Federal (Ciudad de México) | |
El Tepozteco National Park | 1937 | 232 | Morelos; Distrito Federal (Ciudad de México) | |
El Veladero National Park | 1980 | 36 | Guerrero | |
Fuentes Brotantes de Tlalpan National Park | 1936 | 1 | Distrito Federal (Ciudad de México) | |
General Juan N. Álvarez National Park | 1964 | 5 | Guerrero | |
Grutas de Cacahuamilpa National Park | 1936 | 16 | Guerrero | |
Huatulco National Park | 1998 | 118 | Oaxaca | |
Insurgente José María Morelos y Pavón National Park | 1939 | 43 | Michoacán | |
Insurgente Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla National Park | 1936 | 15 | Distrito Federal (Ciudad de México) | Commonly known as La Marquesa National Park |
Isla Contoy National Park | 1998 | 51 | Quintana Roo | |
Isla Isabel National Park | 1980 | 1.9 | Nayarit | |
Islas Marietas National Park | 2005 | 13 | Nayarit | |
Iztaccíhuatl–Popocatépetl National Park | 1935 | 398 | Estado de México; Morelos; Puebla | includes Zoquiapan and annexed areas in Edo. de México, Morelos, and Puebla |
La Malinche National Park | 1938 | 457 | Puebla | also known as Matlalcuéyatl |
Lago de Camécuaro National Park | 1941 | 0.1 | Michoacán | |
Lagunas de Chacahua National Park | 1937 | 141 | Oaxaca | |
Lagunas de Montebello National Park | 1959 | 60 | Chiapas | |
Lagunas de Zempoala National Park | 1936 | 47 | Morelos; Estado de México | |
Lomas de Padierna National Park | 1938 | 6 | Distrito Federal (Ciudad de México) | |
Los Marmoles National Park | 1936 | 231 | Hidalgo | composed of Barranca de San Vicente y Cerro de Cangando |
Los Novillos National Park | 1940 | 0.4 | Coahuila | |
Los Remedios National Park | 1938 | 4 | Estado de México | |
Molino de Flores Nezahualcóyotl National Park | 1937 | 0.5 | Estado de México | |
Nevado de Toluca National Park | 1936 | 467 | Estado de México | |
Palenque National Park | 1981 | 17 | Chiapas | |
Pico de Orizaba National Park | 1937 | 197 | Veracruz; Puebla | |
Rayón National Park | 1952 | 0.25 | Michoacán | |
Sacromonte National Park | 1939 | 0.45 | Estado de México | |
San Lorenzo Marine Archipelago National Park | 2005 | 584 | Baja California | |
Sierra de Órganos National Park | 2000 | 11 | Zacatecas | |
Sierra de San Pedro Mártir National Park | 1947 | 719 | Baja California | |
Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano National Marine Park | 1992 | 522 | Veracruz | |
Tula National Park | 1981 | 1 | Hidalgo | |
Tulum National Park | 1981 | 6 | Quintana Roo | |
Volcán Nevado de Colima National Park | 1936 | 96 | Colima | |
Xicoténcatl National Park | 1937 | 6 | Tlaxcala |
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