Gunung Leuser National Park is a national park covering 7,927 square kilometers in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, straddling the border of Aceh and North Sumatra provinces. Situated in the Barisan mountain range, it is named after Mount Leuser, which rises to 3,119 meters, and it protects a wide range of ecosystems, including an orangutan sanctuary at Bukit Lawang. Together with Bukit Barisan Selatan and Kerinci Seblat National Parks, it forms the Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Designation Category Established Year Area (sq km) Governing BodyMinistry of Environment and Forestry 1 Classification
Governance TypeGovernance by Government 1 International DesignationUNESCO World Heritage Site 1 Governing Body
Governing Body (category)Ministry of the Environment 1 Sources
1. Gunung Leuser National Park (Wikipedia)
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is a national park covering 7,927 km2 in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, straddling the border of Aceh
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Gunung Leuser National Park is a national park covering 7,927 km2 in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, straddling the border of Aceh and North Sumatra provinces, a fourth portion and three-fourths portion, respectively.
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Ministry of Environment and Forestry
entity-description, international-designation unesco-world-heritage-site
Together with Bukit Barisan Selatan and Kerinci Seblat National Parks, it forms the Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Ministry of Environment and Forestry
View the Source 2. Wikidata: Gunung Leuser National Park
- Wikidata Q1335616, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata P2046 (area), preferred/latest rank
- Wikidata Q1335616 P571 inception
- Part Of: Indonesia, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
View the SourceWikidata: Indonesia
On Continent: Asia, Wikidata item for Indonesia, property P30 (continent)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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