Argentina has 35 national parks covering a very varied set of terrains and biotopes, from Baritú National Park on the northern border with Bolivia to Tierra del Fuego National Park in the far south of the continent. The Administración de Parques Nacionales (National Parks Administration) is the agency that preserves and manages these national parks along with Natural monuments and National Reserves within the country.
The headquarters of the National Service are in downtown Buenos Aires, on Santa Fe Avenue. A library and information centre are open to the public. The administration also covers the national monuments, such as the Jaramillo Petrified Forest, and natural and educational reserves.
History
The creation of the National Parks dates back to the 1903 donation of of land in the Lake District in the Andes foothills by Francisco Moreno, the renowned explorer and academic in Argentina. This formed the nucleus of a larger protected area in Patagonia around San Carlos de Bariloche. At the beginning of the 1920s there was an amazing revival of the national park idea at Lake Nahuel Huapí, which led to the official establishment of the Parque Nacional del Sud on 8 April 1922 by decree of President Yrigoyen. In 1934, a law was passed creating the National Parks system, formalising the protected area as the Nahuel Huapi National Park and creating the Iguazú National Park.
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! scope=row|Baritú
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! scope=row|Bosques Petrificados de Jaramillo
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! scope=row|Calilegua
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! scope=row|Campos del Tuyú
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! scope=row|Chaco
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! scope=row|Copo
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! scope=row|El Impenetrable
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! scope=row|El Leoncito
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! scope=row|El Palmar
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| align=right| 175,414
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! scope=row|El Rey
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! scope=row|Iberá
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| scope=row bgcolor="#cfecd2"|Iguazú‡
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! scope=row|Islas de Santa Fe
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! scope=row|Islote Lobos
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! scope=row|Lago Puelo
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! scope=row|Laguna Blanca
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| align=right| 938
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! scope=row|Lanín
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| align=right| 51,321
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! scope=row|Lihué Calel
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| align=right| 7,582
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| scope=row bgcolor="#cfecd2"|Los Alerces‡
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! scope=row|Los Arrayanes
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! scope=row|Los Cardones
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| scope=row bgcolor="#cfecd2"|Los Glaciares‡
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! scope=row|Mburucuyá
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| align=right| 3,136
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! scope=row|Monte León
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| align=right| 6,762
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! scope=row|Nahuel Huapi
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! scope=row|Patagonia<!--"Patagonia National Park" → "National Park" which is in Chile.-->
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! scope=row|Perito Moreno
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! scope=row|Predelta
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! scope=row|Quebrada del Condorito
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| align=right| 22,079
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! scope=row|Río Pilcomayo
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! scope=row|San Guillermo
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! scope=row|Sierra de las Quijadas
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| align=right| 29,599
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| scope=row bgcolor="#cfecd2"|Talampaya‡
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| align=right| 63,797
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! scope=row|Tierra del Fuego
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| align=right| 265,633
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! scope=row|Traslasierra
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See also
- List of World Heritage Sites in Argentina
- List of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in Argentina
References
External links
- National Parks Administration (Spanish/English)