Salonga National Park

Infobox World Heritage Site
WHS = Salonga National Park


State Party = COD
Type = Natural
Criteria = vii, x
ID = 280
Region = Africa
Year = 1984
Session = 8th
Danger = 1999-
Link = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/280

Infobox_protected_area | name = Salonga National Park
iucn_category = II


caption =
locator_x =
locator_y =
location = Democratic Republic of the Congo
nearest_city =
lat_degrees = 2
lat_minutes = 0
lat_seconds = 0
lat_direction = S
long_degrees = 21
long_minutes = 00
long_seconds = 0
long_direction = E
area = 36,000 km²
established = 1970
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
governing_body = [http://www.iccnrdc.cd/index.htm l'Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN)]

Salonga National Park is a national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo located in the Congo River basin. It is Africa's largest tropical rainforest reserve. Animals in the park include Bonobos, Salonga monkeys, Tshuapa red colobus, Zaire peacocks, forest elephants, and African slender-snouted crocodiles. It was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. As a result of the civil war in the eastern half of the country, it was added to the list of World Heritage Sites in Danger in 1999.

External links

* [http://www.wcs.org/international/Africa/drcongo/salonga Wildlife Conservation Society]
* [http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/280 UNESCO Salonga National Park Site]
* http://www.wcmc.org.uk/protected_areas/data/wh/salonga.html UNESCO Natural Site Data Sheet]