Sagarmatha National Park is a national park in the Khumbu region of northeastern Nepal, established in 1976 to protect the area surrounding Sagarmatha, the Nepali name for Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth. The park's terrain rises from forested lower valleys to alpine scrub and permanent snow and ice at its highest elevations, and it is home to the Sherpa people, whose villages, monasteries and mountaineering culture are woven into the protected landscape alongside wildlife such as the snow leopard and Himalayan tahr. It was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979 and is managed by Nepal's Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation.
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Designation Category Established Year Area (sq km) Governing BodyDepartment of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation 1 IUCN Category Classification
Governance TypeGovernance by Government 1 International DesignationUNESCO World Heritage Site 1 Governing Body
Governing Body (category)Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (Nepal) 1 FAQs
How high is the mountain that dominates Sagarmatha National Park?
Mount Everest rises 8848 metres and is the highest peak in the world.
Mount Everest dominates the park and is the highest peak in the world at 8,848 metres. UNESCO describes Sagarmatha as an exceptional area of dramatic mountains, glaciers and deep valleys, and notes that rare species such as the snow leopard and the lesser panda are found in the park.
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Sagarmatha National Park includes Mount Everest.
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Sagarmatha National Park is in the Himalayas of eastern Nepal.
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Sagarmāthā National Park is a national park in the Himalayas of eastern Nepal that was established in 1976 and encompasses an area of 1,148 km2 (443 sq mi) in the Solukhumbu District.
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19 July 1976
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1148
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Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation
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II
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Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation
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Sagarmatha National Park is a national park in the Khumbu region of northeastern Nepal, established in 1976 to protect the area surrounding Sagarmatha, the Nepali name for Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth.
entity-description, international-designation unesco-world-heritage-site
It was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979 and is managed by Nepal's Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation.
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- Part Of: Nepal, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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