Buiratau National Park

Buiratau National Park
(alt: Buyratau National Park)
IUCN category II (national park)
Location of park in Kazakhstan
Location	Yereymentau Mountains Akmola Region, Karaganda Region
Nearest city	Astana
Coordinates	51°20′N 73°20′E / 51.333°N 73.333°E / 51.333; 73.333
Area	88,968 hectares (219,845 acres; 890 km2; 344 sq mi)
Established	2011 (2011)
Governing body	Committee of Forestry and Fauna of the Ministry of Agriculture, Kazakhstan
Website	http://gnpp-buiratau.kz/en

Buiratau National Park (Kazakh: Бұйратау ұлттық паркі, Būiratau ūlttyq parkı) or Buyratau National Nature Park was created in 2011 to preserve a unique transitional zone between dry steppe and semi-arid forest ecosystems of the Kazakh Uplands of central Kazakhstan. The park is located in the Yereymentau Mountains, straddling the border of Yereymentau District of Akmola Region (60,815 hectares (150,277 acres; 608 km²; 235 sq mi)), and Sarybel District of Karaganda Region (28,154 hectares (69,570 acres; 282 km²; 109 sq mi)), and is about 60 km east of the capital city of Astana.^[1]