Bia National Park

Bia National Park
Map showing the location of Bia National Park
Map showing the location of Bia National Park
LocationWestern Region of Ghana
Nearest citySekondi-Takoradi
Coordinates6°5′N 3°6′W / 6.083°N 3.100°W / 6.083; -3.100
Area563 km²
Established1974

Bia National Park is a national park in the Bia district in the Western Region of Ghana. It is also a biosphere reserve with a 563 square kilometer resource reserve. It has some of Ghana's last remnants of relatively untouched forest complete with its full diversity of wildlife. Some of the tallest trees left in West Africa are found in this national park.[1][2] It constitutes a twin conservation area called the Bia National Park and the Bia Resource Reserve.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Bia National Park". tourism.thinkghana.com. Archived from the original on 23 January 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Wildlife and Nature Reserves". ghanaexpeditions.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  3. ^ "The Bia National Park and Bia Resource Reserve, Ghana". www.fcghana.org. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Bia Biosphere Reserve, Ghana". UNESCO. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2020.