Gir Forest National Park
Gir Forest National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, also known as Sasan-Gir, is a wildlife sanctuary and protected forest area in Gujarat, India. It is considered one of the most important protected natural areas in Asia due to the rare animals living here, particularly the pure Asiatic Lions.Photo: Mayankvagadiya, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: forest, national park, and wildlife sanctuary in Gujarat, India
- Also known as: “Gir Forest”, “Gir Forest National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary”, “Gir National Park”, “Gir Sanctuary”, “Sasan Gir”, “Sasan Gir National Park”, “Sasan Gir Wildlife Sanctuary”, and “Sasan-Gir”
Gir Forest National Park
- Categories: national park and recreation area
- Location: Saurashtra, Gujarat, Western India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
21.1293° or 21° 7′ 46″ northLongitude
70.7619° or 70° 45′ 43″ eastElevation
233 metres (764 feet)Open location code
7JHG4QH6+PQOpenStreetMap ID
way 677378085OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Gir Forest National Park” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غابة غير”
- Arabic: “غابه غير”
- Assamese: “গীৰ ৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় উদ্যান”
- Belarusian: “Гірскі лес”
- Bengali: “গীর জাতীয় উদ্যান”
- Bhojpuri: “गीर नेशनल पार्क”
- Catalan: “Parc Nacional del Bosc de Gir”
- Catalan: “Parc Nacional del Bosc del Gir”
- Cebuano: “Sasan Gir National Park”
- Chinese: “吉尔国家公园”
- Chinese: “吉尔森林国家公园”
- Chinese: “吉爾國家公園”
- Chinese: “吉爾森林國家公園”
- Chinese: “萨桑吉尔”
- Chinese: “薩桑吉爾”
- Czech: “Gírský les”
- Czech: “Národní park Gír”
- Danish: “Gir nationalpark”
- Dutch: “Gir Forest National Park”
- Egyptian Arabic: “غابة جير”
- Esperanto: “Gir-arbara Nacia Parko”
- Finnish: “Girin kansallispuisto”
- French: “parc national et sanctuaire faunique de Gir”
- French: “Parc national et sanctuaire faunique de Gir”
- German: “Gir-Nationalpark”
- Gujarati: “ગીર રાષ્ટ્રીય ઉદ્યાન અને અભયારણ્ય”
- Gujarati: “ગીર”
- Gujarati: “ગીરનું જંગલ”
- Gujarati: “સાસણ-ગીર”
- Hausa: “Zakanya”
- Hebrew: “הפארק הלאומי יער גיר”
- Hebrew: “שמורת יער גיר”
- Hindi: “गिर राष्ट्रीय उद्यान”
- Hindi: “गिर वन्यजीव अभ्यारण्य”
- Hungarian: “Gir Nemzeti Park”
- Italian: “Gir Forest Wildlife Sanctuary”
- Italian: “parco nazionale di Gir Forest Wildlife Sanctuary”
- Italian: “parco nazionale Gir Forest Wildlife Sanctuary”
- Japanese: “ギル森林国立公園”
- Japanese: “ジル国立公園”
- Kannada: “ಗಿರ್ ಅರಣ್ಯ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಉದ್ಯಾನ”
- Lithuanian: “Giro miško nacionalinis parkas”
- Lombard: “Furesta da Gir”
- Malay: “Taman Negara Hutan Gir”
- Malayalam: “ഗിർ ദേശീയോദ്യാനം”
- Marathi: “गिर राष्ट्रीय उद्यान”
- Marathi: “गीर अभयारण्य”
- Panjabi: “ਗਿਰ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰੀ ਪਾਰਕ ਗੁਜਰਾਤ”
- Persian: “پارک ملی جنگل گیر”
- Persian: “پارک ملی جنگلگیر”
- Portuguese: “Parque Nacional da Floresta de Gir”
- Romanian: “Parcul Național Gir”
- Russian: “Гирский лес”
- Sanskrit: “गीर अभयारण्यम्”
- Sanskrit: “सासनगिर्”
- Spanish: “Parque nacional del Bosque de Gir”
- Spanish: “Parque Nacional del Bosque de Gir”
- Swahili: “Msitu wa Gir”
- Swedish: “Gir nationalpark”
- Swedish: “Sasan Gir National Park”
- Tamil: “கிர் தேசியப் பூங்கா”
- Tamil: “சாசன் கிர்”
- Telugu: “గిర్ అభయారణ్యం”
- Thai: “อุทยานแห่งชาติป่ากิร”
- Thai: “อุทยานแห่งชาติป่ากีร์”
- Turkish: “Gir Forest Ulusal Parkı”
- Turkish: “Gir Millî Parkı”
- Ukrainian: “Гирський національний парк”
- Urdu: “گیر فارسٹ نیشنل پارک”
- Western Panjabi: “گر نیشنل پارک”
- “गीर नेशनल पार्क”
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