Simien ( born Simien Mountains National Park ) is a national park in Ethiopia , in the Amhara region [1] .
| Symen National Park | |
|---|---|
| English Simien mountains national park | |
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| IUCN Category II ( National Park ) | |
| basic information | |
| Area | 22 500 ha |
| Established | 1969 year |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| Nearest town | Debark |
 | UNESCO World Heritage Site No. 9 Russian • English • fr. |
The park was founded in 1969 on an area of 22,500 hectares to protect the unique nature of the Symen mountains in the north of the Ethiopian Highlands . On the territory of the park is Mount Ras Dashen - the highest peak of Ethiopia. The prevailing types of landscape : mountain deserts , semi-deserts , savannahs , as well as Afro-Alpine vegetation with tree-like heather .
The Nubian mountain goat , Ethiopian jackal , leopard , serval and various birds of prey live in the national park.
It was under threat from 1996 to 2017 due to a drop in the number of protected species ( Ethiopian jackal , Abyssinian mountain goat , Gelada monkey).
Sources
- Symen // Dictionary of modern geographical names / Rus. geo about . Mosk. center; Under the total. ed. Acad. V.M. Kotlyakova . Institute of Geography RAS . - Yekaterinburg: U-Factoria, 2006.
- Ethiopian travel guide: Simen Mountain National Park