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Birougou National Park

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Location
  
Gabon

Established
  
2002

Area
  
690 km²

Birougou National Park

Governing body
  
National Agency for National Parks

Management
  
National Agency for National Parks

Birougou National Park, also known as the Monts Birougou Wetlands, is a national park in central Gabon. It contains extremely dense rain forest in the Chaillu Mountains and is one of the two parks where the endemic sun-tailed guenon, a monkey first described in 1988, can be found. It is named after Mount Birougou,1.83816°S 12.31702°E / -1.83816; 12.31702, 975 metres in altitude, one of the highest peaks in the country.

Due to its purported universal cultural and natural significance, it was added onto the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on October 20, 2005.

References

Birougou National Park Wikipedia