Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

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UNESCO World Heritage Site national park protected area rainforest

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage rainforest in southwestern Uganda renowned for its high biodiversity and as one of the world’s premier destinations for mountain gorilla trekking.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park canonical	11
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest	1
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Reserve	1
Bwindi highlands	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ national park ⓘ protected area ⓘ rainforest ⓘ
area	approximately 331 square kilometres ⓘ
biodiversityRank	one of the most biologically diverse forests in Africa ⓘ
biome	tropical montane rainforest ⓘ
borderingCountry	Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
conservationImportance	critical habitat for endangered mountain gorillas ⓘ
conservationStatus	protected under Ugandan law ⓘ
country	Uganda ⓘ
ecosystemService	watershed protection for surrounding communities ⓘ
elevationRange	approximately 1,160–2,607 metres above sea level ⓘ
established	1991 ⓘ
fauna	numerous mammal species ⓘ over 300 bird species ⓘ
flora	numerous fern species ⓘ over 200 tree species ⓘ
governingBody	Uganda Wildlife Authority ⓘ
habitatOf	African elephant ⓘ L'Hoest's monkey ⓘ black-and-white colobus monkey ⓘ chimpanzee ⓘ Gorilla ⓘ surface form: eastern gorilla subspecies Gorilla beringei beringei mountain gorilla ⓘ numerous bird species ⓘ numerous butterfly species ⓘ
IUCNCategory	II ⓘ
knownFor	birdwatching ⓘ endemic species of the Albertine Rift ⓘ high biodiversity ⓘ mountain gorilla trekking ⓘ primate diversity ⓘ
locatedIn	Albertine Rift ⓘ East African Rift ⓘ Southwestern Uganda ⓘ
nearestTown	Kabale ⓘ Kisoro ⓘ
partOf	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
previousProtectionStatus	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Reserve
region	Kigezi Highlands ⓘ
tourismActivity	birdwatching tours ⓘ cultural visits to local communities ⓘ forest hiking ⓘ guided gorilla trekking ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(vii) ⓘ (x) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear	1994 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus	Natural site ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Uganda → hasNationalPark → Bwindi Impenetrable National Park ⓘ

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park → partOf → Bwindi Impenetrable National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park → previousProtectionStatus → Bwindi Impenetrable National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Reserve

World Heritage Sites in Africa → hasComponentSite → Bwindi Impenetrable National Park ⓘ

Albertine Rift → contains → Bwindi Impenetrable National Park ⓘ

Albertine Rift Mountains → contains → Bwindi Impenetrable National Park ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bwindi highlands

Albertine Rift Mountains → protectedArea → Bwindi Impenetrable National Park ⓘ

Kabale → gatewayTo → Bwindi Impenetrable National Park ⓘ

Kabale → hasNearbyAttraction → Bwindi Impenetrable National Park ⓘ

Uganda Wildlife Authority → manages → Bwindi Impenetrable National Park ⓘ

Rukungiri → near → Bwindi Impenetrable National Park ⓘ

Southwestern Uganda → contains → Bwindi Impenetrable National Park ⓘ

Kigezi Highlands → near → Bwindi Impenetrable National Park ⓘ

Kisoro → near → Bwindi Impenetrable National Park ⓘ