Ampay National Sanctuary

Ampay National Sanctuary
Ampay National Sanctuary
Santuario Nacional de Ampay
IUCN category III (natural monument or feature)
	Mount Ampay (in the background on the left) as seen from Lake Uspaccocha
	Location within Peru
Location	Peru; Apurimac
Nearest city	Abancay
Coordinates	13°34′44″S 72°53′24″W / 13.579°S 72.89°W
Area	36.35 km2 (14.03 sq mi)
Established	1987
Governing body	SERNANP
Website	Santuario Nacional de Ampay (in Spanish)

Ampay National Sanctuary (Santuario Nacional de Ampay) is a wildlife sanctuary established in 1987. It is located in the district of Tamburco, just north of the city of Abancay, Peru. Its 36.35 square kilometres (14.03 sq mi), which include Mount Ampay, protect the Pachachaca River basin and several endangered plant species, being the most representative the conifer called Intimpa (Podocarpus glomeratus).^[1]^[2]^[3]

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[:3-3] Young, Kenneth; León, Blanca (1999). Peru's humid eastern montane forests. DIVA, Technical Report no 5. Centre for Research on Cultural and Biological Diversity of Andean Rainforests (DIVA). pp. 55, 56. ISSN 1396-5581.

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