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The Iguacu National Park was created by federal decree on the 10th January 1939. The Park is one of the largest reserves of "mata atlantica" in Brazil and represents one of the most recent environmental protection areas in the state of Paraná. The Park contains an area of 185 000 hectares of subtropical rain forest. During the General Assembly of UNESCO in Paris on 17th November 1986 the Iguassu National Park was declared a HUMAN HERITAGE SITE.
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