Guadalupe Mabugnao Mainit Hot Spring National Park
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| location = Cebu, Philippines
| nearest_city = Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines
| coordinates = {{coords|10|08|23|N|123|36|45|E|display=inline, title}}
| area = {{convert|57.50|ha}}
| established = June 17, 1972
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Guadalupe Mabugnao Mainit Hot Spring National Park is a protected area of the Philippines located in Barangay Guadalupe in Carcar, Cebu, approximately 50 kilometers from the provincial capital, Cebu City. The park covers an area of 57.50 hectares,{{cite web |url=http://www.pawb.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67:region-7&catid=69:regions |title=Region 7 – Protected Areas |publisher=Department of Environment of Natural Resources Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau |access-date=June 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320151436/http://pawb.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67:region-7&catid=69:regions |archive-date=March 20, 2012 |url-status=dead }} occupying an important watershed forest reserve in the central Mantalongon mountain range. It was declared a national park in 1972 by virtue of Republic Act No. 6429.{{cite web |url=http://philippinelaw.info/statutes/ra6429.html |title=R.A. No. 6429 |publisher=PhilippineLaw.info |access-date=June 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424014212/http://philippinelaw.info/statutes/ra6429.html |archive-date=April 24, 2013 |url-status=dead }}
The park is frequented by daily visitors for its hot springs, where cottages and pools have been developed. Life-size statues of saints and Christ including that of Santo Niño de Cebú have also added to its tourist attractions. A trail up a hill leads to at least three caves, the most explored being Cave Lorett and Cave Moymoy.{{Cite web|url=http://adrenalineromance.com/2016/01/07/mainit-mabugnaw-national-park-a-superbly-sculpted-gateway-to-carcars-underworld/|title=Mainit Mabugnaw National Park: A Superbly Sculpted Gateway to Carcar's Underworld|date=January 7, 2016}} Near Cave Lorett is another spring and four rivers. The park also contains a dam that supplies Carcar's water.{{cite web |url=http://www.carcar.gov.ph/water.php |title=Water System |publisher=The City Government of Carcar |access-date=June 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010040234/http://www.carcar.gov.ph/water.php |archive-date=October 10, 2012 |url-status=dead }}
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External links
- [http://www.ngkhai.com/pointcebu/caves/mabugnaw.htm Mabugnao and Mainit Cave] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604084648/http://www.ngkhai.com/pointcebu/caves/mabugnaw.htm |date=June 4, 2012 }}
- [http://www.ngkhai.com/pointcebu/caves/lorett.htm Cave Lorett] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116150958/http://www.ngkhai.com/pointcebu/caves/lorett.htm |date=January 16, 2012 }}
- [http://www.ngkhai.com/pointcebu/caves/moymoy.htm Cave Moymoy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116151003/http://www.ngkhai.com/pointcebu/caves/moymoy.htm |date=January 16, 2012 }}
See also
{{National parks of the Philippines}}
{{Protected areas in Central Visayas}}
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Category:National parks of the Philippines
Category:Hot springs of the Philippines
Category:Protected areas established in 1972
Category:1972 establishments in the Philippines
Category:Tourist attractions in Cebu
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