Faro National Park

Faro National Park

Infobox_protected_area | name = Faro National Park
iucn_category = II


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location = Cameroon
nearest_city =
lat_degrees = 8
lat_minutes = 10
lat_seconds =
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 12
long_minutes = 40
long_seconds =
long_direction = E
area = 3,300 km²
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governing_body = Cameroon National Parks

Faro National Park is a national park in Cameroon's North Province. It covers an area of 3,300 km² (1287 square miles) and is close to the Nigerian border, surrounded on the eastern side by several hunting reserves. [ [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/sites/index.html?action=SitHTMDetails.asp&sid=6111&m=0 Faro National Park (Important Birds Areas of Cameroon)] ] It is home to cheetahs, black rhinocerous, elepants, and is known for its colonies of hippopotamuses. [cite book |last=Riley |first=Laura |coauthors=William Riley |title=Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves |year=2005 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=0691122199 |pages=p.40 ]

ee also

*List of national parks of Cameroon

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