Lagunas de Montebello National Park | |
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Parque Nacional Lagunas de Montebello | |
Location | Chiapas, Mexico |
Nearest city | Comitán |
Coordinates | 16°07′N 91°42′W / 16.117°N 91.700°W[1] |
Area | 6,411 hectares (15,840 acres) |
Established | 1959 |
Governing body | Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas |
Official name | Parque Nacional Lagunas de Montebello |
Designated | 27 November 2003 |
Reference no. | 1325[2] |
Lagunas de Montebello, or Montebello Lakes, (Spanish: Parque Nacional Lagunas de Montebello) is a national park in the Mexican state of Chiapas, near the border with Guatemala, comprising 59 multi-colored lakes in a pine forest[3][4] and two Maya ruins. It was the first national park in Chiapas when created in 1959,[5] and in 2009 the park was designated a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO.[1]