campana, national, park, cordillera, costa, quillota, province, valparaíso, region, chile, vizcachas, mountains, northwest, santiago, this, national, park, covers, approximately, square, kilometres, home, last, palm, forests, jubaea, chilensis, chilean, wine, . La Campana National Park is in the Cordillera de la Costa Quillota Province in the Valparaiso Region of Chile La Campana National Park and the Vizcachas Mountains lie northwest of Santiago 2 This national park covers approximately 80 square kilometres 31 sq mi and is home to one of the last palm forests of Jubaea chilensis Chilean Wine Palm which prehistorically had a much wider distribution than at present 3 Another attraction is the Cerro La Campana which lends its name to the park In 1834 Charles Darwin climbed this mountain during the second voyage of HMS Beagle La Campana National ParkIUCN category II national park LocationValparaiso Region ChileNearest cityOlmueCoordinates32 55 00 S 71 09 00 W 32 91667 S 71 15000 W 32 91667 71 15000Area80 km2Established1967Visitors52 389 1 in 2012 Governing bodyCorporacion Nacional Forestal Jubaea chilensis Ocoa Valley In 1984 the park along with Lago Penuelas National Reserve was designated by UNESCO as a Biosphere Reserve 4 Contents 1 Biology 2 See also 3 References 4 Line notes 5 External linksBiology editThe park is in the Chilean matorral ecoregion Chilean wine palm groves occur in the Ocoa Valley Other typical vegetation species occurring in the park include the Echinopsis chiloensis Puya chilensis roble boldo litre peumo Patagua winter s bark and lingue 4 nbsp nbsp Echinopsis chiloensis amp Puya chilensis habitat nbsp See also editAvellanita bustillosii Chicauma Cuesta La Dormida La Campana Penuelas Biosphere Reserve Porlieria chilensisReferences editC Michael Hogan 2008 Chilean Wine Palm Jubaea chilensis GlobalTwitcher com ed N Stromberg Mediterranean Region and La Campana National Park Chile UNESCO 2007 La Campana Penuelas Biosphere ReserveLine notes edit National Forest Corporation Estadistica Visitantes 2012 11 January 2013 Mediterranean Region C Michael Hogan 2008 a b UNESCO 2007External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Parque Nacional La Campana CONAF Parque Nacional La Campana nbsp This Valparaiso Region location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article related to a protected area in South America is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title La Campana National Park amp oldid 1219400097, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
