Virunga National Park
A World Heritage Site in Congo - Kinshasa, inscribed in 1979 as a Natural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Congo - Kinshasa
- Region
- Africa
- Inscribed
- 1979
- Category
- Natural Site
- Criteria
- (vii)(viii)(x)
- Property area
- approx. 8,000 km² (800,000 ha)
- Component parts
- 1
- Coordinates
- 0.9167, 29.1667
- UNESCO ID
- 63
Source: factual data from UNESCO DataHub (whc001 / CC BY-SA 4.0). This site uses only factual information such as names, countries, inscription years and categories. No official UNESCO/WHC descriptions, photographs or logos are used.
Names in other languages
- French
- Parc national des Virunga
- Spanish
- Parque Nacional de Virunga
- Chinese
- 维龙加国家公园
Other World Heritage Sites in Congo - Kinshasa
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