Rusizi National Park

Rusizi National Park is a national park in Burundi, next to the Rusizi River.^[3] It is 15 km north of the city of Bujumbura and home to hippopotamuses and sitatungas.^[4] Gustave, a Nile crocodile, is rumored to have killed 300 people here.

Rusizi National Park
Réserve naturelle du Rusizi
IUCN category II (national park)[1]
Hippopotamuses in Rusizi National Park
A map of Burundi showing the location of Rusizi Nature Reserve
Location	Burundi
Nearest city	Bujumbura
Coordinates	3°14′52″S 29°13′50″E
Area	90 km2 (35 sq mi)
Established	1980
Governing body	Office Burundais pour la Protection de l'Environnement
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Parc National de la Rusizi
Designated	5 June 2002
Reference no.	1180[2]

References

1. UNEP-WCMC (2022). Protected Area Profile for Rusizi from the World Database of Protected Areas. Accessed 22 March 2022
2. "Parc National de la Rusizi". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
3. World Database of Protected Areas (2021). "Réserve naturelle du Rusizi". Protected Planet.
4. Pitcher, Gemma; David Andrew; Kate Armstrong; James Bainbridge (2007). Africa. Lonely Planet. pp. 616. ISBN 978-1-74104-482-9.

External links

• BirdLife International (2020). "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Rusizi National Park".

• Geography portal