Birougou National Park

Birougou National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Location	Gabon
Coordinates	1°46′S 12°16′E / 1.767°S 12.267°E / -1.767; 12.267Coordinates: 1°46′S 12°16′E / 1.767°S 12.267°E / -1.767; 12.267
Area	690 km2 (270 sq mi)
Established	2002
Governing body	National Agency for National Parks

Birougou National Park, also known as the Monts Birougou Wetlands, is a national park in central Gabon. It contains extremely dense rain forest in the Chaillu Mountains and is one of the two parks where the endemic sun-tailed guenon, a monkey first described in 1988, can be found. It is named after Mount Birougou,1°50′17″S 12°19′01″E / 1.83816°S 12.31702°E / -1.83816; 12.31702, 975 metres in altitude, one of the highest peaks in the country.

Due to its purported universal cultural and natural significance, it was added onto the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on October 20, 2005.