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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Virunga National Park' has mentioned 'National park' in the following places:
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| National park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo | WIKI |
| Virunga National ParkFrench: Parc National des VirungaIUCN category II (national park)[1]LocationDemocratic Republic of the CongoNearestxc2xa0cityGomaCoordinates0xc2xb055xe2x80xb2S 29xc2xb010xe2x80xb2Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf0.917xc2xb0S 29.167xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -0.917; 29.167Coordinates: 0xc2xb055xe2x80xb2S 29xc2xb010xe2x80xb2Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf0.917xc2xb0S 29.167xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -0.917; 29.167Area7,768.93xc2xa0km2 (2,999.60xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi)[1]EstablishedAprilxc2xa01925xc2xa0(1925-04)Governingxc2xa0bodyInstitut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature[2]Websitevirunga.org UNESCO World Heritage SiteCriteriaNatural:xc2xa0(vii), (viii), (x)Reference63Inscription1979 (3rd session)Endangered1994xe2x80x93... Ramsar WetlandOfficial nameParc National des VirungaDesignated18 January 1996Referencexc2xa0no.787[3] | WIKI |
| Virunga National Park is a national park in the Albertine Rift Valley in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. | WIKI |
| [6] They have significantly shaped the national park's diverse habitats and wildlife. | WIKI |
| When Albert National Park was established in April 1925 as Africa's first national park, it was conceived as a science-oriented nature reserve with the aim of studying and preserving wildlife and so-called 'primitive' hunter-gatherer African Pygmies. | WIKI |
| In 1926, Derscheid headed the first Belgian mission to cartograph Albert National Park, which encompassed an area of 500xc2xa0km2 (190xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi) around the extinct volcanoes Mount Karisimbi and Mount Mikeno. | WIKI |
| [10] Between the early 1930s and 1961, several expeditions to Albert National Park were carried out by Belgian scientists, the second headed by Gaston-Franxc3xa7ois de Witte. | WIKI |
| In 1996, the national park was listed as a Ramsar site of international importance. | WIKI |
| In 2011, the British company Soco International was granted a concession for extracting crude oil in the surroundings of and in large parts of the national park. | WIKI |
| [5] About 850,000 refugees lived around the national park in 1994. | WIKI |
| The inhabitants inside the national park, whether native or refugees, rely on farming, hunting, fishing, logging and producing charcoal for their livelihoods, all prohibited activities. | WIKI |
| [36] Again in January 2021, armed men killed at least six rangers and wounded several others in an ambush in the national park. | WIKI |
| The national park's central sector encompasses about two thirds of Lake Edward up to the international border with Uganda in the east. | WIKI |
| A narrow corridor of 3xe2x80x935xc2xa0km (1.9xe2x80x933.1xc2xa0mi) width along the lake's western bank connects the northern and southern sectors of the national park. | WIKI |
| The southern sector borders Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park. | WIKI |
| Primates present in the national park include mountain gorilla (G. b. beringei), common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), golden monkey, red-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus ascanius), Dent's mona monkey (C. denti), blue monkey (C. mitis), Hamlyn's monkey (C. hamlyni), De Brazza's monkey (C. neglectus), Central African red colobus (Procolobus foai), mantled guereza (Colobus guereza), olive baboon (Papio anubis) and grey-cheeked mangabey (Lophocebus albigena). | WIKI |
| African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) and African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) inhabit the national park's central sector. | WIKI |
| [49] In the national park's northern sector, African leopard (P. pardus pardus), marsh mongoose (Atilax paludinosus), giant pangolin (Smutsia gigantea), tree pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis), crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata), Lord Derby's scaly-tailed squirrel (Anomalurus derbianus), Boehm's bush squirrel (Paraxerus boehmi), western tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax dorsalis), Emin's pouched rat (Cricetomys emini) and checkered elephant shrew (Rhynchocyon cirnei) were recorded during surveys in 2008. | WIKI |
| Criterion (x): Due to its variations in altitude (from 680 m to 5,109 m), rainfall and nature of the ground, Virunga National Park possesses a very wide diversity of plants and habitats, making it the top African National Park for biological diversity. | UNESCO |
| The property has benefited from the status of National Park since 1925. | UNESCO |