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Tatra National Park, Poland

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Tatra National Park protects the Polish part of the Tatra Mountains, on the border with Slovakia in the Tatra County of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, with its headquarters in Zakopane. Established in 1954 and covering about 212 square kilometers across the High Tatras and Western Tatras, it includes Rysy, the highest peak in Poland at 2,499 meters, and has been a UNESCO transboundary biosphere reserve with the adjoining Slovak park since 1992.

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Classification
Governance Type
Governance by Government 1
Realm
Terrestrial 1
International Designation
UNESCO Biosphere Reserve 1
Governing Body
Ministry of the Environment 1
Sources
1. Tatra National Park, Poland (Wikipedia)
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  • Wikipedia lead extract, realm terrestrial
    Tatra National Park (Polish: Tatrzański Park Narodowy; abbr.
  • Wikipedia infobox, governing_body field
    Ministry of the Environment
  • entity-description, international-designation unesco-biosphere-reserve
    Established in 1954 and covering about 212 square kilometers across the High Tatras and Western Tatras, it includes Rysy, the highest peak in Poland at 2,499 meters, and has been a UNESCO transboundary biosphere reserve with the adjoining Slovak park since 1992.
  • Wikipedia infobox, governance-type government
    Ministry of the Environment
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