Monkey Jungle
Monkey Jungle is a 30-acre primatarium and zoological park located in South Miami, Florida. Established in 1933 by Joseph DuMond for the exhibition and study of endangered monkeys in semi-natural habitats after releasing 6 Java macaques into a subtropical forest, the park is now home to over 300 primates.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Richmond West and Goulds.
Richmond West
Locality
Photo: NOAA Photo Library, Public domain.Goulds
Town
Goulds is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. Goulds is situated 3 miles east of Monkey Jungle.
Princeton
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Monkey Jungle
- Type: Park
- Description: zoological park in Miami, Florida
- Categories: zoo and recreation area
- Location: Miami-Dade County, Greater Miami, Florida, United States, North America
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Latitude
25.5665° or 25° 33′ 59″ north
Longitude
-80.43172° or 80° 25′ 54″ west
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
Open location code
76QXHH89+H8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Italian—“Monkey Jungle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Monkey Jungle”
- Hebrew: “ג’ונגל הקופים”
- Italian: “Monkey Jungle”
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