Mount Elgon National Park

Mount Elgon National Park
Mount Elgon National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
	Mount Elgon National Park, Uganda, April 2010
	Location in Africa Location of Mount Elgon National Park
Location	Uganda and Kenya
Nearest city	Mbale
Coordinates	01°08′00″N 34°35′00″E / 1.13333°N 34.58333°E
Area	1,279 km2 (494 sq mi) (total)
Established	Kenya: 1968, Uganda: 1992
Governing body	Kenya Wildlife Service, Uganda Wildlife Authority

Mount Elgon National Park is a national park in Kenya and Uganda that lies 140 kilometres (87 mi) northeast of Lake Victoria. The park covers an area of 1,279 square kilometres (494 sq mi). The Ugandan part of the park covers 1,110 km² (430 sq mi) while the Kenyan part covers 169 km² (65 sq mi).^[1]^[2] The Kenyan part of the park was gazetted in 1968,^[3] the Ugandan part in 1992.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "Uganda–Mount Elgon". World Database on Protected Areas. Retrieved 10 October 2008.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Kenya–Mount Elgon". World Database on Protected Areas. Retrieved 10 October 2008.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Mount Elgon National Park". Kenya Wildlife Service. Retrieved 30 December 2009.^{[dead link]}

[DB_Uganda-1] "Uganda–Mount Elgon". World Database on Protected Areas. Retrieved 10 October 2008.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Kenya–Mount Elgon". World Database on Protected Areas. Retrieved 10 October 2008.^{[permanent dead link]}

[kws-3] "Mount Elgon National Park". Kenya Wildlife Service. Retrieved 30 December 2009.^{[dead link]}

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