Khangchendzonga National Park, Sikkim
Khangchendzonga National Park is a national park and a biosphere reserve located in the Mangan District and Gyalshing District of Sikkim, India. It is also known as Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve. It is one of the few high-altitude National parks of India and was recently included as a mixed-criteria UNESCO World Heritage site. The park is named after the mountain Kangchenjunga (Khangchendzonga), which is the third-highest peak in the world at 8,586 metres (28,169 ft) tall. It sits adjacent to the Nepal-India border.
History
This national park was notified in 1977 with an area of 850 square km and later extended to cover 1,784 square km. It was inscribed to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list in July 2016, becoming the first "Mixed Heritage" site of India. It was included in the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme.
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National Park
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