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Colombia's Chiribiquete park declared World Heritage Site
July 8 , 2018
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- The United Nations has placed Colombia's Chiribiquete national park on its list of world heritage sites.
- The park, which straddles the southern provinces of Caquetá and Guaviare, is the country's largest and has one of the highest rates of plant diversity in the northern Amazon.
- It is also famous for its table-top rock formations known as tepuis, which rise out of the forest.
- It is the ninth site in Colombia to be given world heritage status.
- Chiribiquete was declared a national park in 1989. It is located on one of the world's oldest rock formations.
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