Bia National Park | |
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Location | Western Region of Ghana |
Nearest city | Sekondi-Takoradi |
Coordinates | 6°5′N 3°6′W / 6.083°N 3.100°W |
Area | 563 km² |
Established | 1974 |
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]