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Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge : ウィキペディア英語版 | Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge (CPNWR) is located in southwestern Arizona in the United States, along of the Mexico–United States border. It is bordered to the north and to the west by the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, to the south by Mexico's El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve, to the northeast by the town of Ajo, and to the southeast by Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. Located within the Yuma Desert, a lower-elevation section of the Sonoran Desert, the refuge was originally established in 1939 to protect desert bighorn sheep.〔 Today, it is home to more than 275 different species of animals and nearly 400 species of plants.〔 CPNWR is the third largest national wildlife refuge in the lower 48 states. Its total area is ,〔 which is greater than that of the state of Rhode Island. The refuge is administered from a small headquarters building, located in Ajo. ==Etymology== Spanish for "dark head," the refuge's name comes from the Cabeza Prieta Mountains in the refuge's northwest part.
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