HERITAGE RECORD · 227

Comoé National Park

科莫埃国家公园

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

One of the largest protected areas in West Africa, this park is characterized by its great plant diversity. Due to the presence of the Comoé river, it contains plants which are normally only found much farther south, such as shrub savannahs and patches of thick rainforest.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ501344 ↗

Inception1968

Area11491.5 ha

Administrative areaQ21002161 · Q21003689 · Q147081

WikipediaComoé National Park ↗

Chinese Wikipedia科莫埃国家公园 ↗

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Selection criteria

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

(ix)Outstanding ecological and biological processes in the evolution of terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine ecosystems.

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

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