Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Cabo de Gata-Níjar |
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IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape)
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![]() Arrecife de las Sirenas.
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Location | Almería Province, Andalusia, Spain |
Nearest city | Almería |
Area | 460 km² |
Established | 1997 |
Visitors | 500,000 (in 1998) |
Governing body | Junta de Andalucia |
Official name: Salinas del Cabo de Gata | |
Designated: | December 5, 1989 |
Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park is in the south-eastern corner of Spain. It is Andalusia's largest coastal protected area. It is a wild and isolated landscape with some of Europe's most original geological features. It is the only region in Europe with a Warm Desert climate.
Cabo de Gata-Níjar was one of 100 finalists for the 12 Treasures of Spain in 2007.
Images for kids
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The European fan palm (Chamaerops humilis) is used as the symbol of the park
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