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Podilski Tovtry | |
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Location | Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine |
Nearest city | Kamianets-Podilskyi |
Area | 2,613.16 km2 (1,008.95 sq mi) |
Established | July 27, 1996 |
Named for | Tovtry, specific term for local hills |
Governing body | Ministry of Natural Environment Protection of Ukraine |
Website | https://www.npptovtry.org.ua/ |
Podilski Tovtry National Nature Park (Ukrainian: Націона́льний приро́дний парк «Поді́льські То́втри») is a national park, located in Khmelnytskyi and Kamianets-Podilskyi Raions (districts) of Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) in the southern region of the western Ukraine. It is the largest nature conservation area in Ukraine.
The National Environmental Park "Podilski Tovtry" was created on the decree #476/96 of the President of Ukraine, then Leonid Kuchma, on July 27, 1996, in order to maintain and protect the natural landscape of the Podillia region. The park is a nature-conservational, recreational, culturally enlightening, and scientifically researching institution of national importance. According to the Law of Ukraine of September 21, 2000 #1989-III, the National nature park "Podilski Tovtry" belongs to the National Ecological Network of Ukraine of the Podillia region (Podillia).[1]