El Palmar National Park

El Palmar National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Location	Entre Ríos Province, Argentina
Nearest city	Colón
Coordinates	31°51′11″S 58°19′21″W
Area	85 km2 (33 sq mi)
Established	1966
Governing body	Administración de Parques Nacionales
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Palmar Yatay
Designated	6 May 2011
Reference no.	1969

El Palmar National Park (in Spanish, Parque Nacional El Palmar) is one of Argentina's national parks. It is located on the center-east of the province of Entre Ríos, midway between the cities of Colón (54 km) and Concordia (60 km). It has an area of about 85 km² and was created in 1966 for the preservation of its characteristic yatay palm trees (Butia yatay, formerly Syagrus yatay).

The park has a temperate-humid savanna ecosystem, typical of the Argentine Mesopotamia. The terrain features patches of palm trees of several species, grassland, small woods and forest. All gets interrupted by streams flowing east into the Uruguay River. The local fauna includes woodpeckers, ñandús, foxes, viscachas and capybaras.

Gallery

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  Entrance to the national park
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  The jelly palm in the national park
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  Camping tents next to the Uruguay river
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  View of the park streams
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  Crab-eating fox
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  Capybara

Sources

• El Palmar National Park (in Spanish)
• Site about El Palmar National Park (in Spanish)
• Park description (in Spanish)
• El Palmar Photographic Tour