Rusizi National Park
Réserve naturelle du Rusizi
Hippopotamuses in Rusizi National Park
Map showing the location of Rusizi National Park
Map showing the location of Rusizi National Park
A map of Burundi showing the location of Rusizi Nature Reserve
LocationBurundi
Nearest cityBujumbura
Coordinates3°14′52″S 29°13′50″E / 3.247723°S 29.230671°E / -3.247723; 29.230671
Area90 km2 (35 sq mi)
Established1980
Governing bodyOffice Burundais pour la Protection de l'Environnement
Official nameParc National de la Rusizi
Designated5 June 2002
Reference no.1180[2]

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.

References

  1. ^ UNEP-WCMC (2022). Protected Area Profile for Rusizi from the World Database of Protected Areas. Accessed 22 March 2022 [1]
  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.

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