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====Benito Juárez National Park====
[[File:Oaxaqa (41).jpg|thumb|left|Cerro de San Felipe, Benito Juárez National Park]]
[[Benito Juárez National Park]] is located {{convert|5|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} to the north of Oaxaca within the municipal limits of San Felipe del Agua and Donaji, Oaxaca, and San Andres Huayapan of the central district. It was designated as a national park under a presidential decree, in 1937. The topography of the park has an elevation range varying from {{convert|1650|to|3050|m|ft|0|abbr=off}} [[above mean sea level|above sea level]]. The climate is Coastal sub-humid and Temperate sub-humid. The main rivers that flow through the park are the Huayapan and San Felipe rivers. Most of their flows used to be utilized to meet drinking water needs of Oaxaca through an aqueduct in the early part of the 18th century, during the colonial period. However, it is now tapped for water supply through piped system to the city.<ref name=planeta>{{cite web |url=http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/mexico/parques/oaxaca.html |title=Benito Juarez National Park |work=PLANETA.COM |access-date=July 13, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100428090709/http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/mexico/parques/oaxaca.html |archive-date=April 28, 2010}}</ref><ref name=life>{{cite web |url=http://oaxaca-travel.com/guide/natural.php?getdoc=true&lang=us&doc=home&section=&atractivo=11.04.02.02 |title=Plant Life: National Park "Benito Juárez" |access-date=September 11, 2010 |publisher=Oaxaca's Tourist Guide |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714223740/http://oaxaca-travel.com/guide/natural.php?getdoc=true&lang=us&doc=home&section=&atractivo=11.04.02.02 |archive-date=July 14, 2011}}</ref> The park covers {{convert|2737|ha|acre|abbr=off}}, including the {{convert|3111|m|ft|0|adj=on|sp=us}} high "Cerro de San Felipe" (San Felipe Mountain), part of the [[Sierra Madre de Oaxaca]] which has metamorphic rock formations. It has a rich biodiversity of flora and fauna. There are pine and oak forests in the upper reaches of the mountain, while the lower reaches have scrub oaks, and tropical deciduous forest in the canyons. Most of the forest is secondary growth, having been previously forested.<ref name=planeta/><ref name=life/>