La Cangreja National Park

La Cangreja National Park

Infobox_protected_area | name = La Cangreja National Park
iucn_category = II


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location = Costa Rica
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area = 4,600 acres (19 km²)
established = 1987
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governing_body = National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC)

La Cangreja National Park, previously the Cerro de la Cangreja Protected Zone until 2002, is a National Park in the Central Pacific Conservation Area located near the Pacific coast of Costa Rica that protects tropical forest in the Puriscal Canton region of the Cordillera de Talamanca.

External links

* [http://www.lacangreja.com/ Parque Nacional La Cangreja]
* [http://www.costarica-nationalparks.com/lacangrejanationalpark.html La Cangreja National Park] at Costa Rica National Parks


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