In which country is Mont Sângbé National Park?
Mont Sângbé National Park is a national park in Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire). The Encyclopædia Britannica lists it among the 'principal national parks of the world'. It acquired national park status in 1976.
The National Park is located within the Monts du Toura, a range of mountains west of the Sassandra River. It covers an area of 95,000 ha (950 km2/360 sq m) north of Man, between Biankouma and Touba. The park consists of very densely vegetated savanna woodland with wildlife populations of elephants, buffaloes, warthog, antelopes and monkeys.
Mont Sângbé National Park occupies a rugged terrain in the eastern end of the highland chain extending through Guinea and northern Liberia. There are many granitic inselbergs and peaks that reach over 700 m (2,300 ft) above sea level. The annual rainfall averages is 1,350 mm (53 in). The vegetation is mostly dense savanna woodland, with some small patches of deciduous forest, either as forest islands or as gallery forests.
Mammal species of conservation concern include chimpanzee ('Pan troglodytes verus'), king colobus (Colobus polykomos), sooty mangabey (Cercocebus atys lunulatus), Diana monkey ('Cercopithecus diana rolowayi'), western palm squirrel ('Epixerus ebi'), African linsang ('Poiana richardsoni liberiensis'), African bush elephant ('Loxodonta africana africana')), water chevrotain ('Hyemoschus aquaticus'), African buffalo ('Syncerus caffer'), bongo ('Tragelaphus euryceros'), and many others.
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