Sochi National Park
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Russian: Сочинский (Also: Sochinsky) |
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IUCN category II (national park)
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European Bison, in Sochi NP
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| Location | Krasnodar Krai |
| Nearest city | Sochi |
| Coordinates | 43°03′00″N 39°47′00″E / 43.05°N 39.7833°ECoordinates: 43°03′00″N 39°47′00″E / 43.05°N 39.7833°E |
| Area | 193,737 hectares (478,730 acres) |
| Established | 1983 |
| Governing body | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Russia) |
| Website | http://sochinp.ru/ |
Sochi National Park (Russian: Сочинский национальный парк, also Sochinsky National Park) is a national park in Western Caucasus, near the city of Sochi, in Southern Russia. It is Russia's second oldest national park, established on May 5, 1983.
Sochi National Park covers 1,937.37 square kilometres (478,730 acres) within the Western Caucasus World Heritage Site. The park occupies the Greater Sochi area, from the border with the Tuapsinsky District, between the mouths of Shepsi River and Magri River in the north-west, to the border with Abkhazia along the Psou River in the south-east, and between the Black Sea to the water divide crest of the Greater Caucasus.
From this territory, the park does not include the areas of settlement, such as the city of Sochi and various urban and rural settlements. The area of the Caucasian Biosphere Reserve is also distinct. Immediately to the north is the Caucasus Nature Reserve.
In 2009, a Persian leopard reintroduction centre was created in Sochi National Park, where two male leopards from Turkmenistan are being kept since September 2009, and two females from Iran since May 2010. Their descendants will be released into the wild in the Caucasus Biosphere Reserve.
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