Royal Manas National Park

Royal Manas National Park
Protected Area
Entrance to the park.
Country	Bhutan
District	Pemagatshel, Sarpang, Zhemgang
Area	1,057 km2 (408 sq mi)
Animal	golden langur, pygmy hog, hispid hare, Ganges river dolphin, one-horned rhinoceros wild water buffalo, hornbill
Founded	1966
Website: Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation

Coordinates: 26°53′58″N 90°45′29″E / 26.89944°N 90.75806°E / 26.89944; 90.75806

Royal Manas National Park is Bhutan's oldest national park, and the Royal government considers it the "conservation showpiece of the Kingdom" and a "genetic depository" for valuable plants. It has an area of 1,057 square kilometres (408 sq mi) and covers eastern Sarpang District, the western half of Zhemgang District, and western Pemagatshel District.

It is connected via "biological corridors" to Phibsoo Wildlife Sanctuary, Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park, Thrumshingla National Park, and Khaling Wildlife Sanctuary. Royal Manas also directly abuts the World Heritage Site Manas National Park in Assam, India, to the south. It is listed as a tentative site in Bhutan's Tentative List for UNESCO inclusion.

Royal Manas was one of the earliest focuses of the Bhutan Trust Fund in the early 1990s, receiving infrastructure development and baseline biological and socio-economic assessments. Bhutan's first park management plan was prepared for Royal Manas, and guided management of other parks.