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Site Information
- UNESCO ID
- 284
- Category
- Natural
- Country
- Nepal
- Inscribed
- 1984
- Coordinates
- 27.5000, 84.3333
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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.