HERITAGE RECORD · 137

Kahuzi-Biega National Park

卡胡兹－别加国家公园

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

A vast area of primary tropical forest dominated by two spectacular extinct volcanoes, Kahuzi and Biega, the park has a diverse and abundant fauna. One of the last groups of eastern lowland (graueri) gorillas (consisting of only some 250 individuals) lives at between 2,100 and 2,400 m above sea-level.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ457324 ↗

Inception1970

Area6000 ha

Administrative areaQ488326

Named afterQ3191907 · Q2901815

WikipediaKahuzi-Biéga National Park ↗

Chinese Wikipedia卡胡兹-别加国家公园 ↗

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(x)The most important natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity.

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