| Sierra de las Nieves National Park | |
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| Parque Nacional de la Sierra de las Nieves | |
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 Location of Sierra de las Nieves | |
| Location | Province of Málaga, Spain |
| Nearest city | Tolox |
| Coordinates | 36°41′00″N 05°00′00″W / 36.68333°N 5.00000°W |
| Area | 93,930 ha (362.7 sq mi) |
| Established | July 28, 1989 |
| Visitors | 100,000 |
The Sierra de las Nieves National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional de la Sierra de las Nieves) is a national park in the Sierra de las Nieves range, Andalusia, southern Spain. It is located behind Marbella and to the east of the road to Ronda from the Costa del Sol. In 2019, the Council of Ministers proposed to Parliament the transformation of the Natural Park into a National Park.[1] On 1 July 2021, King Felipe VI gave royal assent to the Sierra de las Nieves National Park Act, which declares it as a National Park.[2]
Sierra de las Nieves stands out for the great variety of landscapes and ecosystems it boasts and this is due to the complex geology and geomorphology it presents, as well as the special climatic conditions to which it is exposed.
The true hallmark of this territory are the Spanish fir forests, a botanical relic of the Tertiary conifer forests, endemic to the mountain ranges of Malaga and Cadiz, and which have in this protected natural area their largest area of distribution in the world with nearly 2,000 hectares.[3]
- ^ "El BOE publica la aprobación de la propuesta de declaración del Parque Nacional de la Sierra de las Nieves". Diario Sur (in Spanish). 8 January 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ "Ley 9/2021, de 1 de julio, de declaración del Parque Nacional de la Sierra de las Nieves". boe.es (in Spanish). 3 July 2021.
- ^ "Decreto 162/2018, de 4 de septiembre, por el que se aprueban el Plan de Ordenación de los Recursos Naturales del ámbito de Sierra de las Nieves y el Plan Rector de Uso y Gestión del Parque Natural Sierra de las Nieves".