Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park

27°16′57.82″N 90°23′3.84″E / 27.2827278°N 90.3844000°E / 27.2827278; 90.3844000

Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park
Location of Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park in pink
LocationSarpang, Tsirang, Trongsa,
Wangdue Phodrang, and Zhemgang, Bhutan
Coordinates27°16'57.82" N, 90°23'3.84"E
Area1,730 km2 (670 sq mi)
Established1995
Named forJigme Singye Wangchuck
Governing bodyDepartment of Forests and Park Services of Bhutan
Websitedofps.gov.bt

Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park (formerly Black Mountains National Park) covers an area of 1,730 square kilometres (670 sq mi) in central Bhutan. It protects a large area of the Black Mountains, a sub−range of the Himalayan Range System.

The park occupies most of the Trongsa District, as well as parts of: Sarpang, Tsirang, Wangdue Phodrang, and Zhemgang Districts.

The park is bound to the east by the Mangde Chhu, and reaches the Sankosh River−Punatsangchu basin to the west. Jigme Singye abuts Royal Manas National Park to the southeast.

Along the border of the park from the north to the southeast run Bhutan's main east-west and north-south highways. It is also connected via biological corridors to other national parks in northern, eastern, central, and southern Bhutan. Habitats of the Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests ecoregion are protected within the park


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