Hwange National Park is a national park in western Zimbabwe near the border with Botswana, established as a game reserve in 1928 on former royal hunting grounds and later designated a national park, becoming the largest protected area in the country. The park protects a landscape of Kalahari sand woodland, grassland and seasonal pans and is home to one of the largest elephant populations in Africa, alongside lion, buffalo and endangered African wild dog, with an extensive network of artificial waterholes helping sustain wildlife through the dry season. It is managed by the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority.
Facts
Designation Category Area (sq km) Governing BodyZimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority 1 IUCN Category Classification
Governance TypeGovernance by Government 1 Sources
1. Hwange National Park - Wikipedia
Infobox, established
1928 as a Game Reserve (1961 as a National Park)
Infobox, area_km2
14651
Infobox, governing_body
Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority
Infobox, iucn_category
II
Governing body field (existing citation)
Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority
entity-description, realm terrestrial
The park protects a landscape of Kalahari sand woodland, grassland and seasonal pans and is home to one of the largest elephant populations in Africa, alongside lion, buffalo and endangered African wild dog, with an extensive network of artificial waterholes helping sustain wildlife through the dry season.
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