Charmuguria Eco-Park is a Eco-Park located in
Madaripur district
Madaripur ( bn, মাদারীপুর ), being a part of the Dhaka Division, is a district in central Bangladesh.
History
Madaripur subdivision was established in 1854 under the district of Bakerganj. In 1873 it was separated from Bakerganj ...
of
Dhaka division
Dhaka Division ( bn, ঢাকা বিভাগ, ''Ḑhaka Bibhag'') is an administrative division within Bangladesh. Dhaka serves as the capital city of the Dhaka Division, the Dhaka District and Bangladesh. The division remains a populati ...
in central
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
.
Location
The Eco-Park is located in Nayachar area of Kumarakhali mouza in
Madaripur Sadar upazila
Madaripur Sadar ( bn, মাদারিপুর সদর) is an upazila of Madaripur District in the Division of Dhaka Division, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Geography
Madaripur Sadar is located at . It has 74451 households and total area 283.14 km2 ...
of Madaripur district.
Description
The area of the Eco-Park is 4.20 hectares. The Eco-Park was established in 2015.
Charmuguria is mainly known for
monkeys
Monkey is a common name that may refer to most mammals of the infraorder Simiiformes, also known as the simians. Traditionally, all animals in the group now known as simians are counted as monkeys except the apes, which constitutes an incomple ...
. In 2015, Two to two-and-a-half thousand monkeys live in Charmuguria.
The
Forest Department set up a
sanctuary
A sanctuary, in its original meaning, is a sacred place, such as a shrine. By the use of such places as a haven, by extension the term has come to be used for any place of safety. This secondary use can be categorized into human sanctuary, a saf ...
for monkeys in the Nayachar area for their relocation, although it was not possible to take the monkeys there completely.
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References
Madaripur District
Parks in Bangladesh