Jigme Dorji National Park
| Jigme Dorji National Park | |
| Protected Area | |
| Name origin: Jigme Dorji Wangchuck | |
| Country | Bhutan |
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| District | Gasa, Paro, Punakha, Thimphu, Wangdue Phodrang |
| Highest point | |
| - elevation | 7,000 m (22,966 ft) |
| Lowest point | |
| - elevation | 1,400 m (4,593 ft) |
| Area | 4,316 km2 (1,666 sq mi) |
| Animal | blue sheep, takin, snow leopard, musk deer, Himalayan black bear, Bengal tiger, and red panda |
| Date | 1974 |
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| Website: Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation | |
Coordinates: 27°45′N 89°31′E / 27.750°N 89.517°E
The Jigme Dorji National Park, named after the late Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, is the second-largest National Park of Bhutan. It occupies almost the entire Gasa District, as well as the northern areas of Thimphu District, Paro District, Punakha, and Wangdue Phodrang Districts. It was established in 1974 and stretches over an area of 4316 km², thereby spanning all three climate zones of Bhutan, ranging in elevation from 1400 to over 7000 meters. About 6,500 people in 1,000 households live within the park, from subsistence agriculture and animal husbandry. It is listed as a tentative site in Bhutan's Tentative List for UNESCO inclusion.
The park provides sanctuary for 37 known species of mammals including several endangered, threatened or vulnerable species, such as the takin, snow leopard, clouded leopard, Bengal tiger, bharal or Himalayan blue sheep, black musk deer, Himalayan black bear, red panda, Ussuri dhole, and spotted linsang. It is also home to the Indian leopard, serow, sambar, barking deer, goral, marmot, pika and more than 300 species of birds. It is also the only park in Bhutan where the national animal (takin), flower (blue poppy), bird (raven) and tree (cypress) exist together.
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