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The park was established before the creation of Pakistan and covers an area of 313 acres (127 ha). It was named after the former President of Pakistan Field Marshal Ayub Khan. It is the largest park in the Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area, [2] and is claimed to be one of the largest in Asia. [3] [4]
The park was founded in 1981 by protecting the Rumbak and Markha catchments, an area of about 600 km 2 (230 sq mi). It grew in 1988 to around 3,350 km 2 (1,290 sq mi), by incorporating neighbouring lands, [2] before increasing in 1990 to 4,400 km 2 (1,700 sq mi), [3] and is the largest national park in South Asia.
Category: National parks of Asia by country. 10 languages. ... National parks of Sri Lanka (28 P) T. National parks of Taiwan (1 C, 10 P) National parks of Tajikistan ...
Here’s a look at the largest parks on each continent. An explosion of new protected areas in the late 20th and early 21st centuries put the older generation of national parks to shame when it ...
Yellowstone National Park in the United States was the first national park in the world. [1] [2] This is a list of the number of national parks per nation, as defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Nearly 100 countries around the world have lands classified as a national park by this definition.
Margalla Hills National Park Authority 42,961.7 17,386.0 It was established in 1980 as the third largest urban park in the world and the largest in Asia. The park includes the Margalla Hills, which forms the foothills of the Himalayas. It is home to around 600 plant species, 250 bird species, 38 mammal species, and 13 species of reptiles. 8
Zhangjiajie National Forest Park. In 1982, the park was recognized as China's first national forest park with an area of 4,810 ha (11,900 acres). [2] Zhangjiajie National Forest Park is part of a much larger 397.5 km 2 (153.5 sq mi) Wulingyuan Scenic Area. In 1992, Wulingyuan was officially recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [3]
Lorentz National Park is an Indonesian national park located in the provinces of Central Papua, Highland Papua and South Papua, in the southwest of western New Guinea. With an area of 25,056 km 2 (9,674 mi 2), it is the largest national park in Southeast Asia. In 1999 Lorentz was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Park map