Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park | |
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Национальный парк «Беловежская пуща» (Russian) Natsionalny park "Belovezhskaya pushcha" (Russian) Нацыянальны парк Белавежская пушча (Belarusian) Natsyyanal’ny park Byelavyezhskaya pushcha (Belarusian) | |
Location | Brest Region and Grodno Region in Belarus |
Coordinates | 52°35′7.66″N 23°52′44.86″E / 52.5854611°N 23.8791278°E |
Area | 1,500.69 km2 (579.42 sq mi) (2015) |
Established | 11 August 1932 |
Governing body | Ministry of the Environment |
Part of | Białowieża Forest (since 1992) |
Criteria | Natural: ix, x |
Reference | 33-001 |
Extensions | 2014 |
Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park (Russian:[1][2][3] Национальный парк «Беловежская пуща», Belarusian: Нацыянальны парк Белавежская пушча) is a national park within parts of the Brest Region (Kamyanyets District and Pruzhany District) and Grodno Region (Svislach District) in Belarus adjacent to the Polish border. Since 1992, it has been a preserved part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Białowieża Forest,[4] the last primeval forest fragment of the European woodlands that once stretched across the European Plain.