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Gunung Ciremai National Park

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Location
  
West Java, Indonesia

Governing body
  
Ministry of Forestry

Established
  
2004

Visitors
  
15,126 (in 2007)

Area
  
155 km²

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Mount Ciremai National Park or Gunung Ciremai National Park is located around 50 km to the south of the city of Cirebon in West Java, Indonesia. The park extends into the Kuningan and Majalengka regencies south of Cirebon. The park surrounds Mt Ceremai, an active volcano, the highest peak in West Java. Groups of hikers, including parties of students, often climb the peak although care is needed.

Various types of endemic or endangered flora and fauna are found in the park which include the following:

  • Flora: pines (Pinus merkusii), Castanopsis javanica (known locally as Saninten), Randu tiang (Fragraera blumii), Nangsi (Villubrunes rubescens), Macaranga (Macaranga denticulatan), Pasang (Lithocarpus sundaicus), Elaeocarpus (Elaeocarpus stipularis), various species of fig trees (Ficus), Ardisia cymosa, and Platea latifolia,
  • Fauna: leopards, deer (Muntiacus muntjak or Javan muntjac), Echidna (Zaglossus bruijni), monkeys (Javan surili), the Javan hawk-eagle and various species of python.

    • References

    Gunung Ciremai National Park Wikipedia
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