 Nine are urban parks, three are national parks (Pico de Orizaba, Cofre de Perote and San José de los Molinos.The Cofre de Perote National Park is 11,700 hectares of pine and oyamel forest, which was created in 1937.The Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve covers the municipalities of Ángel R. Cabada, Santiago Tuxtla, San Andres Tuxtla, Catemaco, Soteapan, Mecayapan, Pajapan and Tatahuicapan for a total of .