Birougou National Park

Birougou National Park, also known as the Monts Birougou Wetlands (French: Marais des monts Birougou) is a national park in central Gabon. It contains extremely dense rain forest in the Chaillu Mountains and is one of the two parks where the endemic sun-tailed guenon,^[3] a monkey first described in 1988, can be found. It is named after Mount Birougou,1.83816°S 12.31702°E / -1.83816; 12.31702, 975 metres in altitude, one of the highest peaks in the country.

Birougou National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Location	Gabon
Coordinates	1°46′S 12°16′E
Area	690 km2 (270 sq mi)[1]
Established	2002
Governing body	National Agency for National Parks
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Site Ramsar des Monts Birougou
Designated	2 February 2007
Reference no.	1654[2]

Due to its purported universal cultural and natural significance, it was added onto the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on October 20, 2005.^[4] Portions of the park have been designated as a Ramsar site since 2007.^[2]