Gashaka Gumti National Park is Nigeria's largest national park, created in 1991 from two earlier game reserves in Taraba and Adamawa states near the border with Cameroon. It covers about 6,402 square kilometers, with savanna grassland in its northern sector and rugged mountainous terrain, deep valleys and montane forest in the south, including Chappal Waddi, Nigeria's highest mountain. The park is an important water catchment for the Benue River and includes enclaves where local Fulani pastoralists continue to farm and graze livestock.
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1. Gashaka Gumti National Park (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationSource text, governance-type: shared-governance
Managed by the NCF in partnership with the Gongola State Government's Wildlife Unit, the project aimed to address various conservation challenges.
Wikipedia lead extract, realm terrestrial
Gashaka-Gumti National Park (GGNP) is a national park in Nigeria.
View the Source 2. Wikidata: Gashaka Gumti National Park
- Wikidata Q1495137, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata P2046 (area), preferred/latest rank
- Wikidata P31 (instance of) = Q46169
- Wikidata Q1495137 P571 inception
- Part Of: Nigeria, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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On Continent: Africa, Wikidata item for Nigeria, property P30 (continent)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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