Manas National Park

Manas National Park
Manas National Park
Manas Biosphere Reserve
IUCN category II (national park)
	Main entrance of Manas National Park
Location	Chirang and Baksa District, BTR, Assam, Northeastern India
Nearest city	Barpeta Road, Assam
Coordinates	26°43′N 90°56′E / 26.717°N 90.933°E
Area	500 square kilometres (190 sq mi) (core area)
Established	1990
Governing body	Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Type	Natural
Criteria	vii, ix, x
Designated	1985 (9th session)
Reference no.	338
Region	Asia-Pacific
Endangered	1992–2011

Manas National Park is a national park, Project Tiger reserve, and an elephant reserve in Assam, India. Located in the Himalayan foothills, it borders the Royal Manas National Park^[2] in Bhutan. The park is known for its rare and endangered endemic wildlife such as the Assam roofed turtle, hispid hare, golden langur and pygmy hog. Manas is also famous for its population of the wild water buffalo.^[3] Because of its exceptional biodiversity, scenery, and variety of habitats, Manas National Park is a biosphere reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.^[4]

^ Successful preservation of India's Manas Wildlife Sanctuary enables withdrawal from the List of World Heritage in Danger at UNESCO website
^ "WWF - Royal Manas National Park, Bhutan". Archived from the original on 7 November 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
^ Choudhury, A.U.(2010)The vanishing herds : the wild water buffalo. Gibbon Books, Rhino Foundation, CEPF & COA, Taiwan, Guwahati, India
^ "Manas Wildlife Sanctuary". UNESCO World Heritage Convention. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 3 June 2023.