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====Huatulco National Park====
[[Huatulco National Park]], also known as Bahias de Huatulco National Park – Huatulco, was initially declared a protected area and later decreed as a National Park on July 24, 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wdpa.org/siteSheet.aspx?sitecode=103157 |title=Huatulco National Park |publisher=World Database on Protected Areas |access-date=September 11, 2010}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Located in the Santa Maria Huatulco town, to the west of Cruz Huatulco, it extends to an area of {{convert|11890|ha|acre|abbr=off}}. In the low lands of the park, there 9,000 species of plant (about 50% of the species are reported throughout the country) in the forest and mangroves in the coastal belt. Fauna species have been identified as 264, which includes [[armadillos]] and [[white-tailed deer]]. Bird species are counted at 701, which include [[hummingbirds]], [[pelicans]] and [[hawks]]. The amphibian and [[reptile]] species are counted to be 470, which include [[Black Iguana]], [[salamander]]s and snakes. [[Dolphin]]s, [[whale]]s and [[turtle]]s are sighted species off the coast line, out of the identified 100 marine species. Vegetation is dominated by the low forest growth of caducifolia in 80% area with the unusual feature of {{convert|50|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} high trees.<ref name=huat>{{cite web |url=http://www.huatulcokiosk.com/huatulco-tour/Huatulco-National-Park.php |title=Bahias de Huatulco National Park |access-date=September 11, 2010 |publisher=Huatulco Tour Guide |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913054422/http://huatulcokiosk.com/huatulco-tour/Huatulco-National-Park.php |archive-date=September 13, 2010}}</ref>