South African National Parks

South African National Parks

SANParks
Agency overview
Formed	1926
Jurisdiction	Government of South Africa
Headquarters	643 Leyds Street, Muckleneuk, Pretoria 25°45′59″S 28°12′8″E / 25.76639°S 28.20222°E / -25.76639; 28.20222
Employees	3,367
Annual budget	R985,804,000
Minister responsible	Edna Molewa, Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs
Agency executives	Kuseni Dlamini, Chairperson of the Board Mr Fundisile Mketeni, CEO
Parent agency	Department of Environmental Affairs
Key documents	National Parks Act, 1976 National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act, 2003
Website	www.sanparks.org

South African National Parks (SANParks) is the body responsible for managing South Africa's national parks. SANParks was formed in 1926, and currently manages 19 parks consisting of over 73,000 hectares (730 km²), about 6% of the total area of South Africa.

The best known park is Kruger National Park, which is also the oldest (proclaimed in 1898), and the largest, at nearly 2,000,000 hectares (20,000 km²). The Kruger Park and Table Mountain National Park are two of South Africa's most visited tourist attractions.

The following are designated as National Parks of South Africa:

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