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Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

National Park

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a national park in southwestern Uganda, established in 1991 from a pair of earlier forest reserves, protecting one of the largest remaining stands of Afromontane forest in East Africa. The park is best known as a stronghold of the endangered mountain gorilla, sheltering roughly half of the world's remaining population, and it draws researchers and tourists for closely regulated gorilla trekking that funds much of its conservation work. It was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994 for its exceptional biodiversity, and it is managed by the Uganda Wildlife Authority.

Facts
Designation Category
National Park 1
Established Year
1991 1
Area (sq km)
331 1
Governing Body
Uganda Wildlife Authority 1
IUCN Category
II 1
Classification
Governance Type
Governance by Government 1
Realm
Terrestrial 1
International Designation
UNESCO World Heritage Site 1
Governing Body
Governing Body (category)
Uganda Wildlife Authority 1
FAQs

What makes Bwindi a biodiversity hotspot beyond its gorillas?

Possibly the most tree species for its altitude in East Africa.

UNESCO describes the forest as believed to be a Pleistocene refugium, a place where forest life survived through earlier climate change. It says the park has possibly the greatest number of tree species for its altitude in East Africa, and that it hosts endemic butterflies and one of the richest mammal communities in Africa.
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Associated With

Uganda, Countries

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is in southwestern Uganda.

Source Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Wikipedia)
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1. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Introduction
    Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a national park in southwestern Uganda
  • Infobox, established
    1991
  • Infobox, area_km2
    331
  • Infobox, governing_body
    Uganda Wildlife Authority
  • Infobox, iucn_category
    II
  • Infobox: governing_body
    Uganda Wildlife Authority
  • Governing body field (existing citation)
    Uganda Wildlife Authority
  • entity-description, realm terrestrial
    The park is best known as a stronghold of the endangered mountain gorilla, sheltering roughly half of the world's remaining population, and it draws researchers and tourists for closely regulated gorilla trekking that funds much of its conservation work.
  • entity-description, international-designation unesco-world-heritage-site
    It was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994 for its exceptional biodiversity, and it is managed by the Uganda Wildlife Authority.
  • Associated With: Uganda, Lead section
    Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a national park in southwestern Uganda.
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Wikidata: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
  • Wikidata Q500397, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Part Of: Uganda, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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Wikidata: Uganda
On Continent: Africa, Wikidata item for Uganda, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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