Cerros de Amotape National Park

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Cerros de Amotape National Park
IUCN Category II (National Park)
Location	Piura and Tumbes Peru
Area	913 km²
Established	1975

The Cerros de Amotape National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Cerros de Amotape) is located in the northern section of the Piura and the extrame southern section of Tumbes. It is the best well kept example of equatorial dry forests in the whole Pacific region. Once before these forests covered the whole of Tumbes, Piura and Lambayeque in Peru, and the El Oro and tbe Guayas costal regions in Ecuador.

Many variety of orchids, shrubs, thorn trees and animals are found in these regions such as the giant sloth bear, the low andean condor, tigrillo, boa constrictor and the indangered American Crocodile. The national park was officially established on July 22, 1975 and has an area of 913 km².

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Tropical and humid during the summer months, December to April, and a drier savanna climate the rest of the year. The average temperature is around 27 °C, with temperature highs of 42°C and temperature lows at 16°C. Yearly round it is sunny, over 25 °C, although summers may turn umberable.

It is the only Protected Natural Area in Peru where the equatorial dry forest ecoregion is still preserved.