Bengangai Game Reserve

The Bangangai Game Reserve (also spelled Bengangai Game Reserve) is found in South Sudan,[1] on the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, west of the town of Yambio.[2] Established in 1939, it is both a game reserve and an Important Bird Area.[3] This site covers 170 square kilometres (17,000 ha).[4] Reserve is named after prominent 679 m height Bangani hill[5] Chimpanzees are thought to habitate the game reserve; however, there is no recent information on their population.[6]

Bangangai Game Reserve
Bengangai Game Reserve
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
Map showing the location of Bangangai Game Reserve
Map showing the location of Bangangai Game Reserve
Bangangai Game Reserve
Map showing the location of Bangangai Game Reserve
Map showing the location of Bangangai Game Reserve
Bangangai Game Reserve
LocationSouth Sudan
Coordinates5°1′N 27°32′E
Area170.0 square kilometres (17,000 ha)
Established1939
Governing bodySouth Sudan National Wildlife Service (SSWS)

The vegetation of the area consists mainly of Guinea-Congolian forest.[7]

References

  1. "Bangangai". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  2. "BirdLife Data Zone". datazone.birdlife.org. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  3. United Nations Environment Programme (2007). Sudan: post-conflict environmental assessment. UNEP/Earthprint. pp. 261, 263–. ISBN 978-92-807-2702-9. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  4. World Database on Protected Areas
  5. Bangani GeoNames
  6. Department of Wildlife Management (1982) Wildlife Information Booklet. Democratic Republic of the Sudan, Ministry of Wildlife Conservation and Tourism, Southern Region. Cited in: Lee, P.C., Thornback, J., Bennett, E.L. (1988) Threatened Primates of Africa. The IUCN Red Data Book. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
  7. "BirdLife Data Zone". datazone.birdlife.org. Retrieved 2020-09-07.


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