Phú Quốc National Park ( vi, Vườn quốc gia Phú Quốc) is a
national park
A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...
on
Phú Quốc Island, in the
Kiên Giang Province of
Vietnam
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's
Mekong Delta
The Mekong Delta ( vi, Đồng bằng Sông Cửu Long, lit=Nine Dragon River Delta or simply vi, Đồng Bằng Sông Mê Kông, lit=Mekong River Delta, label=none), also known as the Western Region ( vi, Miền Tây, links=no) or South-weste ...
Region. The park covers approximately 70% of the island. This park includes land and sea area, protecting oceanic species such as
dugong.
This park was established by the Decision 91/2001/QĐ-TTg dated 8 June 2001 signed by the
Prime Minister of Vietnam on upgrading Northern Phú Quốc Islands Preservation Zone to Phu Quoc National Park.
Location
Phu Quoc National Park includes Northern Phú Quốc Islands Preservation Zone, Ham Rong Mount, Ganh Dau and Cua Can. The park is situated within the boundaries of Communes: Gành Dầu, Bãi Thơm, Cửa Cạn and part of Communes of Cửa Dương, Hàm Ninh, Dương Tơ, and
Dương Đông Township,
Phú Quốc District,
Kiên Giang Province.
Areas
The park covers 31,422 ha, comprising 8,603 ha strictly protected area, 22,603 ha biological restoration area, and 33 ha for administration and service.
References
References
Phu Quoc National Park
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National parks of Vietnam
Geography of Kiên Giang province
Protected areas established in 2001
Cardamom Mountains rain forests