Mount Elgon National Park spans the Kenya-Uganda border around the extinct shield volcano Mount Elgon, 140 kilometers northeast of Lake Victoria, with Kenya gazetting its 169 square kilometer share in 1968 and Uganda its larger 1,110 square kilometer share in 1992, for a combined 1,279 square kilometers. The mountain is a crucial water catchment feeding the Nzoia River toward Lake Victoria and the Turkwel River toward Lake Turkana, and its forests hold elephant, buffalo, black-and-white colobus and blue monkeys, leopard and hyena, along with more than 144 bird species. Kitum Cave, penetrating some 200 meters into the mountain, is known for elephants that visit to mine salt from its walls.
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Designation Category Established Year Area (sq km) Governing BodyKenya Wildlife Service, Uganda Wildlife Authority 1 Classification
Governance TypeGovernance by Government 1 Governing Body
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1. Mount Elgon National Park (Wikipedia)
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Mount Elgon National Park is a national park in Kenya and Uganda that lies 140 kilometres (87 mi) northeast of Lake Victoria.
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Kenya Wildlife Service, Uganda Wildlife Authority
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Kenya Wildlife Service, Uganda Wildlife Authority
View the Source 2. Wikidata: Mount Elgon National Park
- Wikidata Q1273335, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata P2046 (area), preferred/latest rank
- Wikidata P31 (instance of) = Q46169
- Wikidata Q1273335 P571 inception
- Part Of: Uganda, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
View the SourceWikidata: Uganda
On Continent: Africa, Wikidata item for Uganda, property P30 (continent)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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