Virunga National Park

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UNESCO World Heritage Site national park protected area

Virunga National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, renowned for its exceptional biodiversity and as one of the last strongholds of endangered mountain gorillas.

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Virunga National Park (DRC side) 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
national park ⓘ
protected area ⓘ
area approximately 7800 square kilometres ⓘ
borderWith Rwanda ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
contains Nyamuragira ⓘ
surface form: Nyamuragira volcano

Nyiragongo ⓘ
surface form: Nyiragongo volcano

Rwenzori Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Ruwenzori Mountains foothills

Virunga Mountains ⓘ
country Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
documentarySubject Virunga (2014 film) ⓘ
ecosystemType lava plains ⓘ
montane forest ⓘ
savanna ⓘ
swamp ⓘ
established 1925 ⓘ
fauna African elephant ⓘ
buffalo ⓘ
Gorilla ⓘ
surface form: eastern lowland gorilla

hippopotamus ⓘ
lion ⓘ
mountain gorilla ⓘ
various antelope species ⓘ
flora afromontane forests ⓘ
foundedBy Belgian colonial authorities ⓘ
governingBody Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature ⓘ
highestPoint Rwenzori Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Ruwenzori Mountains foothills
inDangerSince 1994 ⓘ
IUCNCategory II ⓘ
knownFor active volcanoes ⓘ
chimpanzees ⓘ
endangered mountain gorillas ⓘ
exceptional biodiversity ⓘ
large populations of hippos ⓘ
okapis ⓘ
languageUsedLocally French ⓘ
Swahili language ⓘ
surface form: Swahili
locatedIn eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
locatedOn Great Lakes Region of Africa ⓘ
surface form: African Great Lakes region
managementPartner Virunga Foundation ⓘ
nearestCity Goma ⓘ
onList List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ
originalName Albert National Park ⓘ
partOf Albertine Rift ⓘ
East African Rift ⓘ
threat armed conflict ⓘ
illegal charcoal production ⓘ
oil exploration pressure ⓘ
poaching ⓘ
tourismActivity birdwatching ⓘ
gorilla trekking ⓘ
volcano hiking ⓘ
UNESCOCriteria (vii) ⓘ
(viii) ⓘ
(x) ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 63 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 1979 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Queen Elizabeth National Park → adjacentTo → Virunga National Park ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo → hasProtectedArea → Virunga National Park ⓘ
Margherita Peak → partOf → Virunga National Park ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virunga National Park (DRC side)
Rwenzori Mountains → protectedAreas → Virunga National Park ⓘ