Nameri National Park

Nameri National Park & Tiger Reserve
IUCN category II (national park)
Location	Sonitpur Assam India
Nearest city	Tezpur, India
Coordinates	27°0′36″N 92°47′24″E / 27.01000°N 92.79000°E / 27.01000; 92.79000
Area	200 km2 (77.2 sq mi)
Established	1978
Governing body	Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India
Website	http://nameritr.org

Nameri National Park is a national park in the foothills of the eastern Himalayas in the Sonitpur District of Assam, India, about 35 km from Tezpur. Nameri is about 9 km from Chariduar, the nearest village.^[1]

Nameri shares its northern boundary with the Pakhui Wildlife Sanctuary of Arunachal Pradesh. Together they constitute an area of over 1,000 km² (390 sq mi), of which Nameri has a total area of 212 km² (82 sq mi).^[2] Nameri National Park was declared as Tiger Reserve in the year 1999-2000, and is the second Tiger reserve of Assam after Manas Tiger Reserve. It has two core areas: Nameri National Park and Sonai- Rupai Wildlife (Satellite Core of the Nameri Tiger Reserve). The river Jia-Bhoroli is the lifeline of Nameri, which flows along the southern boundary of the park from northwest to southeast. In the east, the river Bor-Dikorai is a tributary of river Jia-Bhoroli, flowing along the southern boundary from northeast to southwest.