Bengangai Game Reserve

5°1′N 27°32′E / 5.017°N 27.533°E / 5.017; 27.533Area170.0 square kilometres (17,000 ha)[citation needed]Established1939Governing bodySouth Sudan National Wildlife Service (SSWS)Map

The Bangangai Game Reserve (also spelled Bengangai Game Reserve) is found in South Sudan,[1] on the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, west of the town of Yambio.[2] Established in 1939, it is both a game reserve and an Important Bird Area.[3] This site covers 170 square kilometres (17,000 ha).[4] Reserve is named after prominent 679 m height Bangani hill[5] Chimpanzees are thought to habitate the game reserve; however, there is no recent information on their population.[6]

The vegetation of the area consists mainly of Guinea-Congolian forest.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Bangangai". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  2. ^ "BirdLife Data Zone". datazone.birdlife.org. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  3. ^ United Nations Environment Programme (2007). Sudan: post-conflict environmental assessment. UNEP/Earthprint. pp. 261, 263–. ISBN 978-92-807-2702-9. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  4. ^ World Database on Protected Areas[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Bangani GeoNames
  6. ^ Department of Wildlife Management (1982) Wildlife Information Booklet. Democratic Republic of the Sudan, Ministry of Wildlife Conservation and Tourism, Southern Region. Cited in: Lee, P.C., Thornback, J., Bennett, E.L. (1988) Threatened Primates of Africa. The IUCN Red Data Book. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
  7. ^ "BirdLife Data Zone". datazone.birdlife.org. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
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