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Nepal - Royal Chitwan National Park

IUCN Management Category: II (National Park)
Natural World Heritage Site - Criteria ii, iii, iv

Royal Chitwan National Park (93,200ha) lies in the lowlands of southern central Nepal on the international border with India. At the foot of the Himalayas, Chitwan is one of the few undisturbed areas of the Terai region, which formerly extended over the foothills of India and Nepal, known for its rich flora and fauna. One of the last populations of single-horned Asiatic rhinoceros lives in the park, which is also among the last refuges for the Bengal tiger. The area had been well protected as a royal hunting reserve from 1846 to 1951 and was declared a national park in 1973. Chitwan was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1984.

Links:
http://www.unesco.org/whc/sites/284.htm
http://www.wcmc.org.uk:80/protected_areas/data/wh/chitwan.html