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Mount Gede Pangrango National Park
National park on Java island, Indonesia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mount Gede Pangrango National Park is a national park in West Java, Indonesia. The park is centred on two volcanoes—Mount Gede and Mount Pangrango—and is 150 km² in area.[1]
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Mount Gede Pangrango National Park | |
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Taman Nasional Gunung Gede Pangrango | |
![]() View of Gunung Gede from the nearby tea plantation | |
Location | West Java, Indonesia |
Nearest city | Bogor |
Coordinates | 6°46′0″S 106°56′0″E |
Area | 151.96 km² (15,196 ha) |
Established | 1980 |
Governing body | Ministry of Environment and Forestry |
Website | www |
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It evolved from already existing conservation areas, such as Cibodas Botanical Gardens, Cimungkat Nature Reserve, Situgunung Recreational Park, and Mount Gede Pangrango Nature Reserve, and has been the site of important biological and conservation research over the last century.[1] In 1977 UNESCO declared it part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves.[2]