Corcovado National Park

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Corcovado National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Corcovado National Park
Location	Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Coordinates	8°33′0″N 83°35′0″W / 8.55000°N 83.58333°W / 8.55000; -83.58333
Area	424 km2 (164 sq mi)
Established	October 24, 1975
Governing body	National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC)
class=notpageimage| Location in Costa Rica

Corcovado National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Corcovado) is a National Park on the Osa Peninsula, in Osa Canton, located on the southwestern regions of Costa Rica (9° North, 83° West), which is a part of the Osa Conservation Area.^[1] Corcovado National Park was established on October 24, 1975 and occupies an area of 424 square kilometres (164 sq mi). It is currently the largest park in Costa Rica and extends over about a third of the Osa Peninsula.

The park has the largest primary forest on the American Pacific coastline and is also one of the few remaining sizable areas of lowland tropical forests in the world. Historically, logging has taken place in lowland areas due to their easy accessibility and the presence of the largest and most abundant economically valuable trees. But in those habitats, which feature the diverse vegetation, are also usually the richest in biodiversity. What is left of the originally rich lowland forests is usually too small an area to support the original natural biodiversity. ^{[citation needed]}