Gombe Stream National Park

Infobox_protected_area | name = Gombe Stream National Park
iucn_category = II

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area = 52 $km^2$
established = 1968
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Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania, located at 4 40' S 29 38' E, is the smallest of that country's national parks and was formed in 1968 to give protection to 150 chimpanzees that lived there, made famous by the primatologist Jane Goodall. Researchers have been studying the chimpanzee population there for many years, and have gained valuable insights into the behavior of our closest nonhuman relatives. The park forms a 2.5 km by 14 km strip of land near the shore of Lake Tanganyika. The actual lakeshore is excluded from the park, however, allowing visitors to camp or walk along the shore. The total area of the park is 52 km². In addition to chimpanzees, primates in the park include vervet and colobus monkeys and baboons. Other wildlife in the park include forest pigs, small antelopes and many species of birds.

ee also

*USC Jane Goodall Research Center
*List of protected areas in Tanzania

External links

* [http://www.tanzaniaparks.com/gombe.html Official site]
* [http://tanzaniatouristboard.com/places_to_go/national_parks_and_reserves/gombe_stream Tanzania tourist board]
* [http://weber.ucsd.edu/~jmoore/apesites/Gombe/Gombe.html Ape site at UCSD]