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Bieszczady National Park

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Bieszczady National Park lies in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship in the extreme southeastern corner of Poland. Established in 1973 at an original area of under 60 square kilometers and enlarged several times since to about 292 square kilometers, it is the third largest national park in Poland and protects the highest part of the Polish Bieszczady Mountains, including Tarnica, the range highest peak at 1,346 meters. The park became part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2021.

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Governance Type
Governance by Government 1
Realm
Terrestrial 1
International Designation
UNESCO World Heritage Site 1
Governing Body
Ministry of the Environment 1
Sources
1. Bieszczady National Park (Wikipedia)
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  • Wikipedia lead extract, realm terrestrial
    Bieszczady National Park ([bʲɛˈʂt͡ʂadɨ]; Polish: Bieszczadzki Park Narodowy) is the third-largest national park in Poland, located in Subcarpathian Voivodeship in the extreme southeast corner of the country.
  • Wikipedia infobox, governing_body field
    Ministry of the Environment
  • entity-description, international-designation unesco-world-heritage-site
    The park became part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2021.
  • Wikipedia infobox, governance-type government
    Ministry of the Environment
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