Lomami National Park
National park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lomami National Park (French: Parc National de la Lomami) is a national park located in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Central Africa. Situated within the middle basin of the Lomami River, it straddles the Provinces of Tshopo and Maniema with a slight overlap into the forests of the Tshuapa and Lualaba river basins. The National Park was formally declared on 7 July 2016. It is the 9th national park in the country and the first to be created since 1992.
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Location | Democratic Republic of Congo |
Nearest city | Kindu |
Coordinates | 2°0′0″S 25°2′0″E |
Area | 8,879 km2 (3,428 sq mi) |
Established | 2016 |
Governing body | Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature |
Lomami National Park consists of 8,879 km2 (887,900 hectares) of tropical lowland rainforest with savanna islands in the south and hills in the west. It is home to several nationally endemic species including Bonobo, Okapi, Congo peafowl, and a newly discovered primate species called Lesula, as well as the rare Dryas monkey known locally as Inoko. An important population of African forest elephant is still protected in the northern part of the park.