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Vansda National Park

National Park

Vansda National Park, also called Bansda National Park, is a protected area of about 24 square kilometers in Navsari district, Gujarat, India, established in 1979 along the Ambika river in the deciduous woodlands of the Dangs, land that has remained largely undisturbed since 1952. Classified under IUCN Category II, the park forest supports 443 recorded flowering plant species along with Indian leopards, dholes, rhesus macaques and spotted deer among some 155 bird species, and a 2020 sighting confirmed dholes in Gujarat for the first time in 50 years.

Facts
Designation Category
National Park 2
Established Year
1979 2
Area (sq km)
23.99 1
Governing Body
Forest Department of Gujarat 1
Classification
Governance Type
Governance by Government 1
Realm
Terrestrial 1
Sources
1. Vansda National Park (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox, area_km2 (converted to square kilometres where the infobox gives another unit)
  • Wikipedia lead extract, realm terrestrial
    Vansda National Park (Gujarati: વાંસદા રાષ્ટ્રીય અભ્યારણ્ય), also known as Bansda National Park, is a protected area which represents the thick woodlands of the Dangs and southern Gujarat, and is situated in the Vansda tehsil, Navsari District of Gujarat state, India.
  • Wikipedia infobox, governing_body field
    Forest Department of Gujarat
  • Wikipedia infobox, governance-type government
    Forest Department of Gujarat
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2. Wikidata: Vansda National Park
  • Wikidata Q2669063, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata P31 (instance of) = Q46169
  • Wikidata Q2669063 P571 inception
  • Part Of: India, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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Wikidata: India
On Continent: Asia, Wikidata item for India, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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