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The Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park (in Aragonese Parque nacional d'Ordesa y d'as Tres Serols) is located in the Huesca Pyrenees, entirely in the Sobrarbe region, Aragon (Spain). It is divided between the municipalities of Bielsa, Fanlo, Puértolas, Tella-Sin, Torla and Broto. It receives an average of more than 600,000 visitors a year. Its surface area covers 15,608 ha and the peripheral protection zone has 19,679 ha. Its altitude ranges from 700 meters above sea level at the Vellós River to 3,355 meters above sea level at Monte Perdido. It is the second oldest national park in Spain and the oldest in Aragon, after being declared on August 16, 1918 by Royal Decree 16-08-1918 with the name of Ordesa Valley. On 13 July 1982, the park was enlarged and reclassified under its current name by law 52/1982. The park currently enjoys different protection figures apart from that of National Park. In 1977 it was declared a Biosphere Reserve, in 1988 a Special Protection Area for Birds and in 1997 it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is also a Site of Community Importance.