Rusizi National Park

Rusizi National Park
Réserve naturelle du Rusizi
Hippopotamuses in Rusizi National Park
Map showing the location of Rusizi National Park
Map showing the location of Rusizi National Park
A map of Burundi showing the location of Rusizi Nature Reserve
LocationBurundi
Nearest cityBujumbura
Coordinates3°14′52″S 29°13′50″E / 3.247723°S 29.230671°E / -3.247723; 29.230671
Area90 km2 (35 sq mi)
Established1980
Governing bodyOffice Burundais pour la Protection de l'Environnement
Official nameParc National de la Rusizi
Designated5 June 2002
Reference no.1180[2]

Rusizi National Park is a national park in Burundi, next to the Rusizi River.[3] It is 15 km north of the city of Bujumbura and home to hippopotamuses and sitatungas.[4] Gustave, a Nile crocodile, is rumored to have killed 300 people here.

References

  1. ^ UNEP-WCMC (2022). Protected Area Profile for Rusizi from the World Database of Protected Areas. Accessed 22 March 2022 [1]
  2. ^ "Parc National de la Rusizi". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  3. ^ World Database of Protected Areas (2021). "Réserve naturelle du Rusizi". Protected Planet.
  4. ^ Pitcher, Gemma; David Andrew; Kate Armstrong; James Bainbridge (2007). Africa. Lonely Planet. pp. 616. ISBN 978-1-74104-482-9.
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