Sierra Nevada del Cocuy

 



The Sierra Nevada del Cocuy Chita or Guican National Natural Park (or Sierra Nevada de Chita or Sierra Nevada de Güicán, Spanish: Parque Natural Sierra Nevada del Cocuy Chita o Guican is a national park and a series of highlands and glaciated peaks located within the Cordillera Oriental mountain range in the Andes Mountains of Colombia, at its easternmost point. It also corresponds to the highest range of the Eastern Cordillera and holds the biggest glacial mass in South America, north of the Equator. Since 1977, this region has been protected within a National Natural Park (NNP-Cocuy) because of its fragile páramos, extraordinary biodiversity and endemism, and its function as a corridor for migratory species under conditions of climate change. Among the Sierra’s natural attractions are the remaining 18 ice-covered peaks (there were as many as 25 in the recent past), glacial lakes and waterfalls.


Native peoples


Indigenous natives of the region are the
U'wa (Tunebos) and their reservation overlaps the area of the park and thus part of the park is dedicated to their farming, grazing, hunting and fishing activities.

From 1969 to 1977 in the area of the park and the surrounding area, the Colombian government promoted colonization from elsewhere in Colombia. This resulted in loss of U'wa lands as well as other settlement enclaves within the park.



Climate

Sierra Nevada del Cocuy has a cold alpine tundra climate with moderate to little rainfall and occasional snowfall year-round. The following climate data is for Alto la Cueva, other places can have higher or lower temperatures with some places covered in snow year-round.


   


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