Hwange National Park

E104873
national park protected area

Hwange National Park is Zimbabwe’s largest and oldest national park, renowned for its vast elephant populations and diverse wildlife-rich savanna landscapes.

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Label Occurrences
Hwange National Park canonical 15
Hwange 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf national park ⓘ
protected area ⓘ
area approximately 14,600 square kilometres ⓘ
approximately 5,640 square miles ⓘ
borderedBy Botswana ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
conservationIssue human–wildlife conflict in surrounding areas ⓘ
poaching pressure on elephants and other wildlife ⓘ
containsSpecies African bush elephant ⓘ
African wild dog ⓘ
buffalo ⓘ
cheetah ⓘ
eland ⓘ
giraffe ⓘ
greater kudu ⓘ
leopard ⓘ
lion ⓘ
over 400 bird species ⓘ
roan antelope ⓘ
sable antelope ⓘ
spotted hyena ⓘ
zebra ⓘ
country Zimbabwe ⓘ
distanceFromBulawayo about 260 kilometres ⓘ
distanceFromVictoriaFalls about 100 kilometres ⓘ
drySeason approximately May to October ⓘ
ecosystemType dry savanna ⓘ
woodland ⓘ
established 1928 ⓘ
governingBody Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority ⓘ
hasActivity game drives ⓘ
guided walks ⓘ
hasInfrastructure artificial waterholes ⓘ
game viewing roads ⓘ
IUCNCategory II ⓘ
knownFor diverse wildlife ⓘ
large elephant population ⓘ
savanna landscapes ⓘ
locatedIn Matabeleland North ⓘ
surface form: Matabeleland North Province
nearestCity Bulawayo ⓘ
Victoria Falls ⓘ
nearestTown Hwange National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hwange
notableFeature large man-made pans and waterholes ⓘ
mixed teak and mopane woodlands ⓘ
originalName Wankie Game Reserve ⓘ
partOf Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area ⓘ
rainySeason approximately November to March ⓘ
region northwestern Zimbabwe ⓘ
renamed Hwange National Park self-link ⓘ

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Southern Africa → hasProtectedArea → Hwange National Park ⓘ
Matabeleland North → contains → Hwange National Park ⓘ
Matabeleland North → contains → Hwange National Park ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hwange
Matabeleland North → knownFor → Hwange National Park ⓘ
Matabeleland North → hasProtectedArea → Hwange National Park ⓘ
Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority → managesProtectedArea → Hwange National Park ⓘ
Hwange National Park → nearestTown → Hwange National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hwange
Hwange National Park → renamed → Hwange National Park self-link ⓘ
High Court of Zimbabwe → hasSeatIn → Hwange National Park ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hwange
Tsholotsho → nearbyProtectedArea → Hwange National Park ⓘ
Tsholotsho → proximityTo → Hwange National Park ⓘ
Lupane → hasNearbyProtectedArea → Hwange National Park ⓘ
Hwange town → locatedNear → Hwange National Park ⓘ
subject surface form: Hwange
Hwange town → hasNearbyAttraction → Hwange National Park ⓘ
subject surface form: Hwange
Hwange town → hasNearbyProtectedArea → Hwange National Park ⓘ
subject surface form: Hwange
Kazuma Pan National Park → adjacentTo → Hwange National Park ⓘ
Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands → containsProtectedArea → Hwange National Park ⓘ
Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area → contains → Hwange National Park ⓘ