Aso-Kuju National Park protects a volcanic region of Kumamoto and Oita prefectures on Kyushu, Japan, first designated in 1934 as Aso National Park and renamed in 1986 after the Kuju mountains were added, covering about 727 square kilometers. Mount Aso is one of the largest active volcanoes and calderas in the world, its landscape shaped by eruptions roughly 270,000 years ago. The park combines this caldera with the neighboring Kuju mountain group.
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Designation Category Established Year Area (sq km) Governing BodyMinistry of the Environment (Japan) 1 Classification
Governance TypeGovernance by Government 1 Governing Body
Governing Body (category)Ministry of the Environment 1 Sources
1. Aso Kujū National Park (Wikipedia)
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is a national park in Kumamoto and Ōita Prefectures, Japan
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Infobox: established
4 December 1934
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Aso-Kujū National Park (阿蘇くじゅう国立公園, Aso-Kujū Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park in Kumamoto and Ōita Prefectures, Japan.
Infobox: governing_body
Ministry of the Environment (Japan)
Part Of: Japan, Lead paragraph
Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park in Kumamoto and Ōita Prefectures, Japan.
On Continent: Asia, Lead paragraph names Japan; continent follows from the atlas record for Japan
Aso-Kujū Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park in Kumamoto and Ōita Prefectures, Japan
View the Source Ramsar Sites Information Service: Kuju Bogatsuru and Tadewara-shitsugen
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National legal designation: National Park
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