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Los Katíos National Park

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floodplains in the east. The floodplains hold exceptionally fertile soil and consist of alluvial plains of two types. One consists of low-lying terraces that flood often and the other has high terraces that seldom flood. There are also low hills of up to 250 metres (820 ft) in elevation and
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In more recent times, about one percent of the park in the Sautatá area was agriculturally developed and used primarily for the cultivation of sugar cane. After the park was established in 1974, over the next seven years the 150 or so local families were relocated to the nearby towns of Unguía,
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who, after internal fighting, had to surrender the Choc region to the Katío-Embera and emigrated to Panama. The Darién region, to which Los Katíos belongs, was historically important for the first settlers who used the land bridge from North to South America some 20,000 years ago. In the
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In 2015, the park was removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger due to significant improvements in the management of the park and of steps taken by the national authorities to reduce illegal extraction of timber and overfishing.
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Due to its geographical location in northern Colombia on the southern edge of the Central American land bridge, this region served as a filter for the exchange of animal species between North and South America in the
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In 1990, the park was made accessible by paths and accommodation for small groups of visitors, who have access to the national park through the park administration in
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others that are 600 metres (2,000 ft) high. Swampy marshes spread for nearly half of the park's total area. The wetlands of the Atrato floodplain are unique.
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The park also protects important landscape features such as the 25 m high Tendal waterfall, the 100 m high Tilupo waterfall and the Tumaradó swamps.
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which covers about 720 km (280 sq mi). The elevation ranges between 50 and 600 m (160 and 1,970 ft). It is a part of the
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periods. This process continues today, and Los Katíos is the only region in South America where many Central American taxa are common, including
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in 2009 at the request of the Colombian government to handle threats to its protection, notably deforestation, unauthorized settlements,
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The topography of the Los Katios National Park is diverse, with low hills, forests and wet plains comprising its total area.
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in 1994 due to the extraordinary diversity of plant and animal species represented.
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and (along with the adjacent Darien National Park in Panama), is a center of
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Colombia’s Los Katíos National Park removed from List of Heritage in Danger
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Architectural, artistic and archaeological treasures
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Index

IUCN category
national park
Map showing the location of Los Katíos National Natural Park
Antioquia
Chocó
Colombia
7°40′0″N 77°00′0″W / 7.66667°N 77.00000°W / 7.66667; -77.00000
SINAP
UNESCO World Heritage Site
session
711
Latin America and the Caribbean
Endangered

Giant Anteater
Spanish
Colombia
Darién Gap
Panama
Darién National Park
Pan-American Highway
UNESCO
World Heritage Site
Serranía del Darién
Atrato River
Cativo
Jamaica
biodiversity
endemism
Chocó-Darién moist forests

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