Kui Buri National Park
Kui Buri National Park | |
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Location in Thailand | |
Location | Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Thailand |
Nearest city | Pranburi |
Coordinates | 12°3′6″N 99°33′26″E / 12.05167°N 99.55722°ECoordinates: 12°3′6″N 99°33′26″E / 12.05167°N 99.55722°E |
Area | 969 km2 |
Established | 1999 |
Visitors | 40,592 (in 2007) |
Kui Buri National Park is a national park of Thailand in the Tenasserim Hills in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province. It was established in 1999.[1]
Geography
The park covers parts of the Pran Buri, Sam Roi Yot, and Mueang Prachuap Khiri Khan Districts of Prachuap Khiri Khan Province.
Flora
The forests contain dry evergreen and moist evergreen forests. Important trees are Dipterocarpus tuberculatus, Hopea odorata, Terminalia chebula, and different species of palms.
Fauna
Some animals that can be found in the park:
- Asian elephants
- Gaur
- Malayan tapir
- Wild pig
- Leopard
- Serow
- Gibbons
- Macaque
- Langur
- Sambar deer
- Asiatic black bear
- Barking deer
- Fea's muntjac
- Banteng
- Lesser mouse deer
References
- ↑ "Kui Buri National Park". Department of National Parks (DNP) Thailand. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
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