- Outamba-Kilimi National Park
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Outamba-Kilimi National Park IUCN Category II (National Park)
Location Northest Sierra Leone Nearest city Kabala Coordinates 9°46′10″N 12°01′34″W / 9.76944°N 12.02611°WCoordinates: 9°46′10″N 12°01′34″W / 9.76944°N 12.02611°W Area 808.13 km² Established 1 January 1986 Outamba-Kilimi National Park is located in northwest Sierra Leone near the border with the Republic of Guinea. The park is divided into two areas, Outamba (741 km²) and Kilimi (368 km²). The area became a game reserve in 1974, and was made a National Park in January 1986. From Freetown it is reached by traveling to Makeni on excellent, new blacktop, from that point via the town of Kamakwie the road is dirt and becomes more rough closer to the park. Vehicles must cross the Little Scarcies River by ferry. There are camping facilities there as well as some primitive huts with double beds. The vegetation is a mixture of jungle and savannah.
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Wildlife
Wildlife includes primates such as chimpanzees, colobus monkeys and sooty mangabeys; hippopotamuses and pygmy hippos; elephants; wart hogs; rare bongo antelopes and over a hundred species of birds. In earlier times the Park provided habitat for the endangered Painted Hunting Dog, Lycaon pictus, which has recently disappeared from the area, as well as throughout the entirety of Sierra Leone.[1]
References
- C. Michael Hogan. 2009. Painted Hunting Dog: Lycaon pictus, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
- World Database on Protected Areas: Site Sheet. 2007, UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, retrieved on 07 November 2007
Line notes
- ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2009
External links
Categories:- IUCN Category II
- National parks of Sierra Leone
- Protected areas established in 1986
- African protected area stubs
- Sierra Leone geography stubs
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