Thursday, March 12, 2015

Kahuzi-Biega National Park in DR Congo


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Kahuzi-Biega National Park is located in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the Rwandan border. The park is named after two dormant volcanoes, Mt. Kahuzi (3,308m) and Mt. Biega (2,790m). One of the last groups of eastern lowland gorillas lives in the park, between 2,100 and 2,400m above sea-level.

In 1980 The Kahuzi-Biega National Park was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage.

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The President of DR Congo since 2001, Joseph Kabila (1971).

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