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Royal Burgers' Zoo
Aquarium in Arnhem, Netherlands / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Royal Burgers' Zoo (Dutch: Koninklijke Burgers' Zoo) is a 45-hectare (110-acre) zoo in Arnhem, Netherlands, and is one of the biggest zoos in the country. Arnhem is a city that lies within the Veluwe, a nature park in the east of the Netherlands. The zoo is popular with both Dutch and German people, and receives about 1 million visitors annually. It was founded by Johan Burgers in 1913.
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Location | Arnhem, Netherlands |
Land area | 45 ha (110 acres)[1] |
No. of animals | 10,000+[2] |
No. of species | 500+[2] |
Total volume of tanks | 8,000,000 L (2,100,000 US gal) |
Annual visitors | 1.415 million (2014)[3] |
Memberships | NVD,[4] EAZA,[5] WAZA[6] |
Website | www |
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The zoo is a member of the Dutch Zoo Federation (NVD), the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA), the International Species Information System (ISIS), and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA).