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Cerro Santa Ana Natural Monument

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Unlike the rest of the peninsula Santa Ana Hill has as characteristics the contrast of its greenery with the xerophytic vegetation of the area of Paraguaná.
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in the jurisdiction of the municipalities Falcón and Carirubana, between the populations of Santa Ana and Buena Vista, in the South American country of
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and a maximum height of 830 masl. It was declared Natural Monument on June 14, 1972 according to Decree No. 1.005, under the protection of INPARQUES.
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It has three peaks: Santa Ana (highest), Buena Vista and Moruy. In the ascent there are progressive changes in
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Régimen jurídico-institucional de la ordenación y administración del ambiente: programa de investigación
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Its fauna is predominantly the birds that live in the humid jungle.
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IUCN category
natural monument or feature

Map showing the location of Cerro Santa Ana Natural Monument Monumento Natural Cerro Santa Ana
Venezuela
11°49′N 69°57′W / 11.817°N 69.950°W / 11.817; -69.950
Spanish
natural monument
Paraguaná peninsula
Falcón state
Venezuela
hectares
climate
vegetation





List of national parks of Venezuela
Aristides Rojas Natural Monument
Monumento Natural Cerro Santa Ana
IUCN Directory of Neotropical Protected Areas
404
ISBN
9780907567622
Régimen jurídico-institucional de la ordenación y administración del ambiente: programa de investigación
ISBN
9789802440108
Acta científica venezolana

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