# List of national parks of Venezuela

The national parks of Venezuela are protected areas in Venezuela covering a wide range of habitats. In 2007 there were 43 national parks, covering 21.76% of Venezuela's territory.

## Statistics

Every Venezuela state has one or more national parks.
* 5 national parks – Lara, Amazonas
* 4 national parks – Falcón, Mérida, Miranda, Portuguesa, and Táchira.
* 3 national parks – Apure, Sucre, and Trujillo.
* 2 national parks – Barinas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Distrito Capital, Guárico, Nueva Esparta, Yaracuy, and Zulia.
* 1 national park – Anzoátegui, Aragua, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Federal Dependencies, Monagas, and Vargas.
18 national parks are over 1000 km$^2$; 15 over 2000 km$^2$; 5 over 5000 km$^2$ and 3 over 10,000 km$^2$. The largest parks, in the Guayana Region, are Parima Tapirapecó National Park (39,000 km$^2$) and Canaima National Park (30,000 km$^2$).

## List of national parks

* ‡ World Heritage Site
National parks of Venezuela :
| Number | Date established | Name | Region | State | Type | Area (km$^2$) |
| 1 | 2 February 1937 | Henri Pittier | Central Region | Aragua Carabobo | Mountainous | 1,078.00 |
| 2 | 2 May 1952 | Sierra Nevada | Andean Region | Mérida Barinas | Mountainous | 2,764.46 |
| 3 | 31 March 1958 | Guatopo | Central Region | Miranda Guárico | Mountainous | 1,224.64 |
| 4 | 12 December 1958 | El Ávila | Capital Region | Federal District Miranda Vargas | Mountainous | 851.92 |
| 5 | 18 March 1960 | Yurubí | Central-Western Region | Yaracuy | Mountainous | 236.70 |
| 6 | 12 June 1962 | Canaima | Guayana Region | Bolívar | Guayana Shield | 30,000.00 |
| 7 | 12 June 1962 | Yacambú | Central-Western Region | Lara | Mountainous | 269.16 |
| 8 | 21 May 1969 | Cueva de la Quebrada del Toro | Central-Western Region | Falcón | Mountainous | 48.85 |
| 9 | 8 August 1972 | Los Roques | Insular Region | Federal Dependencies | Insular | 2,211.20 |
| 10 | 5 December 1973 | Macarao | Capital Region | Federal District Miranda | Mountainous | 150 |
| 11 | 19 December 1973 | Mochima | North-Eastern Region | Sucre Anzoátegui | Coastal | 949.35 |
| 12 | 6 February 1974 | Laguna de La Restinga | Insular Region | Nueva Esparta | Insular | 188.62 |
| 13 | 6 February 1974 | Médanos de Coro | Central-Western Region | Falcón | Coastal | 912.80 |
| 14 | 13 February 1974 | Laguna de Tacarigua | Capital Region | Miranda | Coastal | 391 |
| 15 | 27 February 1974 | Cerro El Copey | Insular Region | Nueva Esparta | Insular | 71.30 |
| 16 | 7 March 1974 | Aguaro-Guariquito | Llanos Region | Guárico | Llanos | 5,690 |
| 17 | 26 May 1974 | Morrocoy | Central-Western Region | Falcón | Coastal | 320.90 |
| 18 | 27 May 1975 | Cueva del Guácharo | North-Eastern Region | Monagas | Mountainous | 627 |
| 19 | 14 April 1976 | Terepaima | Central-Western Region | Lara Portuguesa | Mountainous | 186.5 |
| 20 | 12 December 1978 | Serranía de la Neblina | Guayana Region | Amazonas | Guayana Shield | 13,600 |
| 21 | 12 December 1978 | Yapacana | Guayana Region | Amazonas | Guayana Shield | 3,200 |
| 22 | 12 December 1978 | Duida-Marahuaca | Guayana Region | Amazonas | Guayana Shield | 3,737.4 |
| 23 | 12 December 1978 | Península de Paria | North-Eastern Region | Sucre | Mountainous | 375 |
| 24 | 12 December 1978 | Sierra de Perijá | Zulian Region | Zulia | Mountainous | 2,952.88 |
| 25 | 12 December 1978 | El Tamá | Andean Region | Táchira Apure | Mountainous | 1,390 |
| 26 | 14 January 1987 | San Esteban | Central Region | Carabobo | Mountainous | 445 |
| 27 | 6 May 1987 | Sierra de San Luis (J. Crisóstomo Falcón) | Central-Western Region | Falcón | Mountainous | 200 |
| 28 | 24 February 1988 | Santos Luzardo | Llanos Region | Apure | Mountainous | 5,843.68 |
| 29 | 25 May 1988 | Guaramacal (G. Cruz Carrillo) | Andean Region | Trujillo Portuguesa | Mountainous | 214.66 |
| 30 | 30 November 1988 | Dinira | Central-Western Region | Lara Portuguesa Trujillo | Mountainous | 453.28 |
| 31 | 18 January 1989 | Páramos Batallón y La Negra | Andean Region | Mérida Táchira | Mountainous | 952 |
| 32 | 7 December 1989 | Chorro El Indio | Andean Region | Táchira | Mountainous | 170 |
| 33 | 7 December 1989 | Sierra La Culata | Andean Region | Mérida Trujillo | Mountainous | 2,004 |
| 34 | 7 December 1989 | Cerro Saroche | Central-Western Region | Lara | Mountainous | 322.94 |
| 35 | 6 June 1991 | Turuépano | North-Eastern Region | Sucre | Marshy | 726 |
| 36 | 5 June 1991 | Delta del Orinoco (Mariusa) | Guayana Region | Delta Amacuro | Deltaic | 3,310 |
| 37 | 5 June 1991 | Ciénagas de Juan Manuel | Zulian Region | Zulia | Marshy | 2,261.3 |
| 38 | 1 August 1991 | Parima Tapirapecó | Guayana Region | Amazonas | Guayana Shield | 39,000 |
| 39 | 5 June 1992 | Río Viejo San Camilo | Llanos Region | Apure | Llanos | 800 |
| 40 | 5 June 1992 | Tirgua (Gen. Manuel Manrique) | Central-Western Region | Yaracuy Cojedes | Mountainous | 910 |
| 41 | 26 March 1993 | El Guache | Central-Western Region | Lara Portuguesa | Mountainous | 125 |
| 42 | 26 March 1993 | Tapo-Caparo | Andean Region | Barinas Mérida Táchira | Mountainous | 2,050 |
| 43 | 21 March 2017 | Caura | Guayana Region | Bolívar Amazonas | Mountainous | 75,340 |