Lò Gò-Xa Mát National Park

National park in Vietnam

11°24′30″N 106°00′30″E / 11.40833°N 106.00833°E / 11.40833; 106.00833Area300.22 km²Established2002Governing bodyPeople's Committee Tây Ninh

Lò Gò-Xa Mát National Park (Vietnamese: Vườn quốc gia Lò Gò-Xa Mát) is a national park in the Southeast region of Vietnam, approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the city of Tây Ninh.^[1] It was established by upgrading the status of the former Lò Gò-Xa Mát Nature Reserve^{[citation needed]}. After receiving national park status in 2002, the park was expanded in 2020 to cover an area of 30,022 hectares (115.92 sq mi).^[2]^[3]

It is the largest single forested area in Tây Ninh Province, and 177 species of birds and ten mammal species have been confirmed to live in the park boundaries.^[4] Biomes include broadleaf tropical forests, and seasonally flooded grasslands.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Lo Go-Xa Mat National Park | ASEAN Clearing House Mechanism". ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
^ Hoảnh/TTXVN, Lê Đức. "Bnews - Tin tức kinh tế mới nhất, cập nhật 24h". bnews.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2021-05-13.
^ "Tây Ninh expands Lò Gò - Xa Mát National Park". TapChiMoiTruong -. Vietnam Environment Administration, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
^ "BirdLife Data Zone". datazone.birdlife.org. Retrieved 2021-05-13.

External links

Lò Gò-Xa Mát at Tay Ninh Tourism

National parks of Vietnam

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