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Garphyttan National Park

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Garphyttan National Park is in Örebro County in central Sweden, established in 1909 as one of the first nine national parks in Sweden and covering about 111 hectares. Its landscape has been altered by centuries of agriculture and forestry, and today includes meadows and deciduous forest shaped by that long human use. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Designation Category
National Park 2
Established Year
1909 2
Area (sq km)
1.1059 2
Governing Body
Naturvårdsverket 1
IUCN Category
IV 2
Classification
Governance Type
Governance by Government 1
Realm
Terrestrial 1
Governing Body
Governing Body (category)
Naturvardsverket (Sweden) 1
Sources
1. Garphyttan National Park (Wikipedia)
Introduction
Quote, Introduction
Garphyttan National Park (Swedish: Garphyttans nationalpark) is a Swedish national park in Kilsbergen west of Örebro in Lekeberg Municipality.
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2. Garphyttan National Park (Wikidata)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikidata P2046 (area), preferred/latest rank
  • Wikidata P31 (instance of) = Q46169
  • Wikidata item Q761227
    P31 protected-area class match, verified by search+class allow-list
  • Part Of: Sweden, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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Wikidata: Garphyttan National Park
Wikidata Q761227, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Sweden (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationOn Continent: Europe, Wikidata item for Sweden, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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