Yanbaru National Park protects subtropical evergreen laurel forest at the northern end of Okinawa Island, Japan, established on September 15, 2016 as the country's 33rd national park and covering about 136 square kilometers. Its designation date commemorates the 1983 discovery of the endangered Yambaru long-armed scarab beetle, found only in this region, and the park was inscribed as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site covering the Ryukyu Islands in 2021.
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Designation Category Established Year Area (sq km) Governing BodyMinistry of the Environment (Japan) 1 Classification
Governance TypeGovernance by Government 1 International DesignationUNESCO World Heritage Site 1 Governing Body
Governing Body (category)Ministry of the Environment 1 Sources
1. Yambaru National Park (Wikipedia)
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Yambaru National Park (やんばる国立公園, Yanbaru Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
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Ministry of the Environment (Japan)
entity-description, international-designation unesco-world-heritage-site
Its designation date commemorates the 1983 discovery of the endangered Yambaru long-armed scarab beetle, found only in this region, and the park was inscribed as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site covering the Ryukyu Islands in 2021.
View the Source 2. Wikidata: Yanbaru National Park
- Wikidata Q27134534, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata P2046 (area), preferred/latest rank
- Wikidata Q27134534 P31 instance-of
- Wikidata Q27134534 P571 inception
- Part Of: Japan, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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