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Langsua National Park

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Langsua National Park is a national park in Norway's Innlandet county, established on March 11, 2011, and covering about 537 square kilometers across the municipalities of Oystre Slidre, Nord-Aurdal, Nordre Land, Gausdal, Sor-Fron and Nord-Fron near Lillehammer. It was created as a major extension of the older Ormtjernkampen National Park, established in 1968, and is managed under IUCN Category II by the Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management. The park adjoins several nature reserves and landscape protection areas, including the Hersjomyrin, Rossjoen, Skardberga, Oppsjomyra and Hynna reserves and the Storlaegeret and Espedalen landscape protection areas, together forming a combined protected region of more than 1,000 square kilometers. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Governance by Government 1
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Terrestrial 1
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Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management 1
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1. Langsua National Park (Wikipedia)
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    Langsua National Park was established in 2011. The park consists of a total protected area of 537.1-square-kilometre (207.4 sq mi).
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    Langsua National Park is a national park in Norway's Innlandet county, established on March 11, 2011, and covering about 537 square kilometers across the municipalities of Oystre Slidre, Nord-Aurdal, Nordre Land, Gausdal, Sor-Fron and Nord-Fron near Lillehammer.
  • Wikipedia infobox, governing_body field
    Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management
  • Wikipedia infobox, governance-type government
    Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management
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