Garamba National Park (1980)
Congo Democratic Republic
The park's immense savannahs, grasslands and woodlands, interspersed with gallery forests along the river banks and the swampy depressions, are home to four large mammals: the elephant, giraffe, hippopotamus and above all the white rhinoceros. Though much larger than the black rhino, it is harmless; only some 30 individuals remain.
Zaire 1984. Garamba National Park |
Zaire 1984. Garamba National Park |
Zaire 1984. Garamba National Park |
Zaire 1984. Garamba National Park |
Zaire 1984. Garamba National Park |
Zaire 1984. Garamba National Park |
A similar set was issued in 1994, but only with five values.
Garamba National Park is located in northeastern Congo (Kinshasa), bordering on the Sudan. The park, which was established in 1938, and is one of Africa's oldest national parks, has an area of 1,900 square miles (4,920 square km) and is a continuation of the Sudanese savanna fed by the Garamba and Dungu rivers. In the south there is an elephant station, Gangala-Na-Bodio, one of the few of its kind in the world, where the animals are domesticated for use in forestry.
In 1996, the site was inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger, due to poaching of the rhinoceri within the park.
Sources and links:
Other World Heritage Sites in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (on this site). Inactive links are not described on stamps. Please refer to the UNESCO-listing, section for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, for further information on the individual properties.
Revised 20 jul 2006 |
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