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Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park is the most centrally located among the national parks of Bhutan.Covering over an area of 1730 km 2, it forms a contiguous belt linking Royal Manas National Park in the south to the temperate and alpine vegetation in the north.
With an area of 1,730 km 2, the Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park in the center of the country is the third largest in Bhutan. [6] The different habitats range from ice-covered mountain peaks to coniferous and deciduous forests. [7] Malayan giant squirrel (Ratufa bicolor) on the way to Korphu
The Gelephu-Zhemgang road serves as the border between Royal Manas and Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Parks. [ 1 ] The Forest and Nature Conservation Act of Bhutan, 1995 is the primary legislation that provides a framework of protected areas for Bhutan.
The following 29 pages use this file: 1714 Bhutan earthquake; Adha Tsho; Buli Tsho; Chomolhari Kang; Chura Kang; Dhur (river) Dochula Pass; Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park
Wangchuck Centennial National Park in northern Bhutan is the kingdom's largest national park, spanning 4,914 square kilometres (1,897 sq mi) over five districts, occupying significant portions of northern Bumthang, Lhuntse, and Wangdue Phodrang Districts. [1]
The northern half of the district (the gewogs of Kazhi, Dangchu and Sephu) falls within Wangchuck Centennial Park, with northwestern pockets (the gewog of Kazhi) belonging to Jigme Dorji National Park. Southeastern Wangdue (the gewogs of Athang and Phobji) is part of Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park.
Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park protects a large area of the Black Mountains and the Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests ecoregion within them. It was originally named Black Mountains National Park.
Jigme Singye Wangchuck (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་སེང་གེ་དབང་ཕྱུག་, Wylie: jigs med seng ge dbang phyug; [1] born 11 November 1955) is a member of the House of Wangchuck who was the king of Bhutan (Druk Gyalpo) from 1972 until his abdication in 2006.