The Bale Mountains National Park is a national park in central Ethiopia , in the Oromia region .
| Bale Mountains National Park | |
|---|---|
| English Bale mountains national park | |
 In the mountains of Bale | |
| IUCN Category II ( National Park ) | |
| basic information | |
| Square | 2220 km² |
| Established | 1970 year |
| Attendance | 20000 ( 2002 ) |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| Nearest town | Gobe |
The national park is located in the mountains of the same name and includes the highest peak of the Batu ridge (4307 m ). A park was established in 1970 on the territory of 2220 km² to protect mountain nyala and the Ethiopian jackal [1] [2] . In the 1990s, a hyena dog was spotted in the park [3] .
Park attendance in 2002 amounted to about 20 thousand tourists [4] .
Notes
- ↑ Majestic mountains (inaccessible link - history ) .
- ↑ Bale National Mountain Park
- ↑ C. Michael Hogan. Painted Hunting Dog (link not available) . Archived December 9, 2010.
- ↑ UN-OCHA, October 18, 2002
Links
- Ethiopian travel guide: Bale Mountain National Park (Link not available) . Archived January 1, 2012. - Bale Mountains National Park