27°16′57.82″N 90°23′3.84″E / 27.2827278°N 90.3844000°E
Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park | |
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Location | Sarpang, Tsirang, Trongsa, Wangdue Phodrang, and Zhemgang, Bhutan |
Coordinates | 27°16'57.82" N, 90°23'3.84"E |
Area | 1,730 km2 (670 sq mi) |
Established | 1995 |
Named for | Jigme Singye Wangchuck |
Governing body | Department of Forests and Park Services of Bhutan |
Website | dofps.gov.bt |
Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park (formerly Black Mountains National Park) covers an area of 1,730 square kilometres (670 sq mi) in central Bhutan. It protects a large area of the Black Mountains, a sub−range of the Himalayan Range System.
The park occupies most of the Trongsa District, as well as parts of: Sarpang, Tsirang, Wangdue Phodrang, and Zhemgang Districts.
The park is bound to the east by the Mangde Chhu, and reaches the Sankosh River−Punatsangchu basin to the west. Jigme Singye abuts Royal Manas National Park to the southeast.
Along the border of the park from the north to the southeast run Bhutan's main east-west and north-south highways. It is also connected via biological corridors to other national parks in northern, eastern, central, and southern Bhutan. Habitats of the Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests ecoregion are protected within the park