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Grassland National Park

National Park

Grassland National Park lies in the Eastern Cape Highlands of South Africa, on the border with Lesotho along the Witteberg mountain range, and was established on 17 October 2025 through a partnership between South African National Parks and the World Wide Fund for Nature South Africa. Created to protect under-protected grassveld vegetation, the park currently covers about 102 square kilometers, drawn from roughly 10,000 hectares of privately held land brought in through voluntary stewardship agreements, with plans to grow to about 30,000 hectares by incorporating further private and communal land. It is one of South Africa's newest national parks and reflects a strategy of formally protecting the country's grasslands, a nationally identified conservation priority.

Facts
Designation Category
National Park 2
Established Year
2025 2
Area (sq km)
1.02 2
Governing Body
South African National Parks and World Wide Fund for Nature South Africa 1
Classification
Governance Type
Governance by Government 1
Realm
Terrestrial 1
Governing Body
Governing Body (category)
South African National Parks 1
Sources
1. Grassland National Park (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikipedia lead extract, realm terrestrial
    Grassland National Park in the Eastern Cape Highlands of South Africa is located along the Witteberge mountain range.
  • Infobox: governing_body
    South African National Parks and World Wide Fund for Nature South Africa
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2. Wikidata: Grassland National Park
  • Wikidata Q137736065, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata P2046 (area), preferred/latest rank
  • Wikidata P31 (instance of) = Q46169
  • Wikidata Q137736065 P571 inception
  • Part Of: South Africa, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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Wikidata: South Africa
On Continent: Africa, Wikidata item for South Africa, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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