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Bale Mountains National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Bale Mountains and trail in the park.
Map showing the location of Bale Mountains National Park
Map showing the location of Bale Mountains National Park
Location in Ethiopia
LocationBale Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Nearest cityShashamane, Bale Robe, Adama
Coordinates6°40′N 39°40′E / 6.667°N 39.667°E / 6.667; 39.667
Area2,220 km2 (860 sq mi)
Established1970
Governing bodyEthiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority
UNESCO World Heritage Site
CriteriaNatural: vii, x
Reference111
Inscription2023 (45th Session)

Bale Mountains National Park (BMNP) is a national park in Ethiopia. The park encompasses an area of approximately 2,150 km2 (830 sq mi) in the Bale Mountains and Sanetti Plateau of the Ethiopian Highlands.

The park's Afromontane habitats have one of the highest incidences of animal endemicity of any terrestrial habitat in the world. The park was nominated to the World Heritage Tentative List in 2009.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Bale Mountains National Park". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
  2. ^ "WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Bale Mountains National Park: Home to world's most species of Ethiopian wolf". Worldkings - World Records Union. Retrieved 2021-09-05.

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