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Gunung Leuser National Park

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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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Governance Type
Governance by Government 1
Realm
Terrestrial 1
International Designation
UNESCO World Heritage Site 1
Governing Body
Ministry of Environment and Forestry 1
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1. Gunung Leuser National Park (Wikipedia)
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  • Wikipedia lead extract, realm terrestrial
    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.
  • Wikipedia infobox, governing_body field
    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.
  • Wikipedia infobox, governance-type government
    Ministry of Environment and Forestry
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