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Oze National Park

National Park

Oze National Park spans Fukushima, Tochigi, Gunma and Niigata prefectures in central Japan, designated on August 30, 2007 as the country's 29th national park, its first new national park in twenty years, and covers about 372 square kilometers. It centers on the Ozegahara marshes, a Ramsar wetland since 2005, and surrounding peaks including Mount Aizu-Komagatake, land that had previously belonged to Nikko National Park.

Facts
Classification
Governance Type
Governance by Government 1
Realm
Terrestrial 1
International Designation
Ramsar Site (Wetland of International Importance) 1
Designation Category
National Park 2
Established Year
2007 2
Area (sq km)
372 2
Governing Body
Ministry of the Environment (Japan) 1
Governing Body
Governing Body (category)
Ministry of the Environment 1
Sources
1. Oze National Park (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead
    Oze National Park (尾瀬国立公園, Oze Kokuritsu Kōen), is an area consisting of open greenland in Fukushima, Tochigi, Gunma and Niigata Prefectures in Japan.
  • Source text, realm: terrestrial
    Oze National Park (尾瀬国立公園, Oze Kokuritsu Kōen), is an area consisting of open greenland in Fukushima, Tochigi, Gunma and Niigata Prefectures in Japan.
  • Infobox: governing_body
    Ministry of the Environment (Japan)
  • entity-description, international-designation ramsar-site
    It centers on the Ozegahara marshes, a Ramsar wetland since 2005, and surrounding peaks including Mount Aizu-Komagatake, land that had previously belonged to Nikko National Park.
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2. Wikidata: Oze National Park
  • Wikidata Q1204729, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata P2046 (area), preferred/latest rank
  • Wikidata Q1204729 P31 instance-of
  • Wikidata Q1204729 P571 inception
  • Part Of: Japan, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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