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Chitwan National Park

Site Information

UNESCO ID
284
Category
Natural
Country
Nepal
Inscribed
1984
Coordinates
27.5000, 84.3333

Selection Criteria

(vii) (ix) (x)

Criteria: (vii), (ix), (x)

Description

Chitwan National Park is the first national park of Nepal and was established in 1973 as Royal Chitwan National Park. It was granted the status of a World Heritage Site in 1984. It covers an area of 952.63 km2 (367.81 sq mi) in the Terai region of south-central Nepal. It ranges in elevation from about 100 m (330 ft) in the river valleys to 815 m (2,674 ft) in the Sivalik Hills.

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