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Chitwan National Park

National Park

Chitwan National Park is the first national park of Nepal, established in 1973 as Royal Chitwan National Park in the subtropical lowlands of the country's Terai region. The park protects one of the last significant populations of the greater one-horned rhinoceros along with Bengal tigers, gharial crocodiles and more than 500 bird species across a landscape of sal forest, grassland and river floodplain, and it is administered by Nepal's Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984 in recognition of its exceptional biodiversity. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Designation Category
National Park 1
Established Year
1973 1
Area (sq km)
952.63 1
Governing Body
Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Nepal 1
IUCN Category
II 1
Classification
Governance Type
Governance by Government 1
Realm
Terrestrial 1
International Designation
UNESCO World Heritage Site 1
Governing Body
Governing Body (category)
Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (Nepal) 1
FAQs

How have the rhinoceros and tiger populations of Chitwan National Park changed?

Rhinoceroses rose from about 300 to 503 and breeding tigers from 40 to 125 across recent decades.

According to UNESCO, the greater one-horned rhinoceros population of Chitwan National Park grew from around 300 in the 1980s to 503 in 2011, and the number of breeding adult Bengal tigers grew from 40 in the 1980s to 125 in 2010. UNESCO cites these increases as a sign that the World Heritage values of the park have been enhanced.
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Nepal, Countries
Source Chitwan National Park (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Chitwan National Park (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • lead section
    Chitwan National Park is the first national park of Nepal and was established in 1973 as Royal Chitwan National Park.
  • Infobox: governing_body
    Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation
  • Lead section
    Chitwan National Park is the first national park of Nepal and was established in 1973 as Royal Chitwan National Park.
  • Governing body field (existing citation)
    Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Nepal
  • entity-description, international-designation unesco-world-heritage-site
    It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984 in recognition of its exceptional biodiversity.
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Wikidata: Chitwan National Park
  • Wikidata Q1075023, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Part Of: Nepal, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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Wikidata: Nepal
On Continent: Asia, Wikidata item for Nepal, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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