Cerro Santa Ana Natural Monument

{{Short description|Mountain in Paraguaná, Venezuela}}

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Monumento Natural Cerro Santa Ana

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| coordinates = {{coords|11|49|N|69|57|W|display=inline, title}}

| area_km2 = 11.9

| established = {{start date|1972|6|14}}

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The Cerro Santa Ana Natural Monument[http://www.costadevenezuela.org/?p=486 Monumento Natural Cerro Santa Ana] ({{langx|es|Monumento Natural Cerro Santa Ana}}){{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/iucndirectoryofn82iucn|page=[https://archive.org/details/iucndirectoryofn82iucn/page/404 404]|quote=Monumento Natural Cerro Santa Ana.|title=IUCN Directory of Neotropical Protected Areas|date=1982-01-01|publisher=IUCN|isbn=9780907567622|language=en}} Is a protected area with a natural monument{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JXuZG1k-Y5wC&q=Monumento+Natural+Cerro+Santa+Ana&pg=PA54|title=Régimen jurídico-institucional de la ordenación y administración del ambiente: programa de investigación|date=1987-01-01|publisher=Universidad Catolica Andres|isbn=9789802440108|language=es}} status located in the center of the Paraguaná peninsula north of the Falcón state in the jurisdiction of the municipalities Falcón and Carirubana, between the populations of Santa Ana and Buena Vista, in the South American country of Venezuela. It has an area of 1900 hectares and a maximum height of 830 masl. It was declared Natural Monument on June 14, 1972{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=adkPAQAAMAAJ&q=Monumento+Natural+Cerro+Santa+Ana|title=Acta científica venezolana|date=1998-01-01|publisher=Asociación Venezolana para la avance de la ciencias.|language=es}} according to Decree No. 1.005, under the protection of INPARQUES.

Unlike the rest of the peninsula Santa Ana Hill has as characteristics the contrast of its greenery with the xerophytic vegetation of the area of Paraguaná.

It has three peaks: Santa Ana (highest), Buena Vista and Moruy. In the ascent there are progressive changes in climate and vegetation. In the lower parts a dry environment of xerophytic vegetation predominates with thorny forest, while in the higher parts a woody vegetation develops, with leafy trees of 10 to 15 meters in height, with abundant epiphytes, mosses and lichens favored by the high humidity.

Its fauna is predominantly the birds that live in the humid jungle.