Day Forest National Park

Day Forest National Park
Day Forest National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
	Day Forest National Park in the Goda Mountains.
	Location in Djibouti
Location	Tadjourah Region; Djibouti
Nearest city	Tadjoura
Coordinates	11°48′N 42°41′E / 11.800°N 42.683°E
Area	15 km2
Established	1939

Day Forest National Park, also known as Forêt du Day National Park, is a national park in the Goda Mountains and Tadjourah Region of Djibouti.^[2] The region is one of the very few forested areas of Djibouti, which taken as a whole is one of the least forested countries on Earth. It is the wettest part of Djibouti, receiving some 500 millimetres (19 in) of precipitation annually.

^ WCMC; Areas, IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected (1992-01-01). Protected Areas of the World: Vol. 3 - Afrotropical: A Review Of National Systems. IUCN. pp. 90–. ISBN 9782831700922. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
^ Ham, Anthony; Bainbridge, James (2010-07-30). Lonely Planet Africa. Lonely Planet. pp. 653–. ISBN 9781741049886. Retrieved 3 November 2012.

[WCMCAreas1992-1] WCMC; Areas, IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected (1992-01-01). Protected Areas of the World: Vol. 3 - Afrotropical: A Review Of National Systems. IUCN. pp. 90–. ISBN 9782831700922. Retrieved 3 November 2012.

[HamBainbridge2010-2] Ham, Anthony; Bainbridge, James (2010-07-30). Lonely Planet Africa. Lonely Planet. pp. 653–. ISBN 9781741049886. Retrieved 3 November 2012.

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