Sapo National Park
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Sapo National Park is a national park in Sinoe County, Liberia. It is the country's largest protected area of rainforest,[1] was the first national park established in the country,[2][3] and contains the second-largest area of primary tropical rainforest in West Africa after Taï National Park in neighbouring Côte d'Ivoire.[4] Agriculture, construction, fishing, hunting, human settlement, and logging are prohibited in the park.[5][6]
Sapo National Park | |
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Location | Sinoe County, Liberia |
Nearest city | Greenville |
Coordinates | 5°24′40.01″N 8°24′52.65″W |
Area | 1,804 km2 (697 sq mi) |
Established | 1983 |
Governing body | Forestry Development Authority |
Sapo National Park is located in the Upper Guinean forest ecosystem,[7] a biodiversity hotspot that has "the highest mammal species diversity of any region in the world", according to Conservation International,[8][9] and in the Western Guinean lowland forests ecoregion, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature's ecoregions classification scheme.[10]