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Asinara National Park

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Asinara National Park protects Asinara, the second largest island of Sardinia after Sant'Antioco, and covers about 746.53 square kilometers near the city of Porto Torres. Known historically as Isola del Diavolo, or Devil's Island, it served as a quarantine station, a prison camp during the First World War, and one of Italy's most important high-security prisons during the terrorism of the 1970s and the fight against organized crime, before its national park was established in 1998. The island supports a wide variety of habitats and is known for a population of local albino donkeys known as asinello bianco. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Designation Category
National Park 2
Established Year
1997 2
Area (sq km)
51.7 2
Governing Body
Ministry of the Environment 1
Classification
Governance Type
Governance by Government 1
Realm
Terrestrial 1
Governing Body
Governing Body (category)
Ministry of the Environment 1
Sources
1. Asinara National Park (Wikipedia)
  • lead section
    Asinara is the second largest island of Sardinia after Sant'Antioco.
  • Introduction
    Asinara National Park protects Asinara, the second largest island of Sardinia after Sant'Antioco, and covers about 746.53 square kilometers near the city of Porto Torres.
  • Wikipedia infobox, governing_body field
    Ministry of the Environment
  • Wikipedia infobox, governance-type government
    Ministry of the Environment
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2. Wikidata: Asinara National Park
  • Wikidata Q1091068, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata P2046 (area), preferred/latest rank
  • Wikidata P31 (instance of) = Q46169
  • Wikidata Q1091068 P571 inception
  • Part Of: Italy, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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Wikidata: Italy
On Continent: Europe, Wikidata item for Italy, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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