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Comoé National Park

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Côte d'Ivoire
Date of Inscription: 1983
Criteria: (ix)(x)
Core zone: 1149250 ha
Northeast region, Bouna and Ferkessedougou prefectures, Bouna, Kong, Nassian and Tehin sub-prefectures
N9 00 W4 00
Ref: 227
Inscription Year on the List of World Heritage in Danger: 2003

Brief Description

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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