Bengangai Game Reserve
| Bangangai Game Reserve | |
|---|---|
| Bengangai Game Reserve | |
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources) | |
Bangangai Game Reserve Bangangai Game Reserve | |
| Location | South Sudan |
| Coordinates | 5°1′N 27°32′E / 5.017°N 27.533°E |
| Area | 170.0 square kilometres (17,000 ha) |
| Established | 1939 |
| Governing body | South Sudan National Wildlife Service (SSWS) |
The Bangangai Game Reserve (also spelled Bengangai Game Reserve) is found in South Sudan,[1] on the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, west of the town of Yambio.[2] Established in 1939, it is both a game reserve and an Important Bird Area.[3] This site covers 170 square kilometres (17,000 ha).[4]
Reserve is named after prominent 679 m height Bangani hill[5] Chimpanzees are thought to habitate the game reserve; however, there is no recent information on their population.[6]
The vegetation of the area consists mainly of Guinea-Congolian forest.[7]
References
- ^ "Bangangai". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
- ^ "BirdLife Data Zone". datazone.birdlife.org. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
- ^ United Nations Environment Programme (2007). Sudan: post-conflict environmental assessment. UNEP/Earthprint. pp. 261, 263–. ISBN 978-92-807-2702-9. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ World Database on Protected Areas
- ^ Bangani GeoNames
- ^ Department of Wildlife Management (1982) Wildlife Information Booklet. Democratic Republic of the Sudan, Ministry of Wildlife Conservation and Tourism, Southern Region. Cited in: Lee, P.C., Thornback, J., Bennett, E.L. (1988) Threatened Primates of Africa. The IUCN Red Data Book. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- ^ "BirdLife Data Zone". datazone.birdlife.org. Retrieved 2020-09-07.