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Simien National Park

塞米恩国家公园

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

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World Heritage record

Massive erosion over the years on the Ethiopian plateau has created one of the most spectacular landscapes in the world, with jagged mountain peaks, deep valleys and sharp precipices dropping some 1,500 m. The park is home to some extremely rare animals such as the Gelada baboon, the Simien fox and the Walia ibex, a goat found nowhere else in the world.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ504315

Inception1969

Area412 ha

Administrative areaQ2916380

CreatorQ1102013

WikipediaSimien Mountains National Park

Chinese Wikipedia塞米恩国家公园

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Selection criteria

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

(vii)Superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance.
(x)The most important natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity.
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