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Virunga National Park

Virunga National Park is in the . It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1979, but was labelled a site in danger in 1994 due to political conflict and poaching.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Also known as: “Albert National Park”, “Parc des Volcans”, “Parc National Albert”, and “Parc National de Virunga”
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Photo: MONUSCO Photos, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Virunga National Park

Latitude
-0.6474° or 0° 38′ 51″ south
Longitude
29.4389° or 29° 26′ 20″ east
Elevation
915 metres (3,002 feet)
Open location code
6GFF9C3Q+3H
Geo­Names ID
204387
Wiki­data ID
Q223589
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Virunga National Park” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Parku Kombëtar i Virungës”
  • Arabic: “حديقة فيرونغا الوطنية”
  • Armenian: “Վիրունգա”
  • Armenian: “Վիրունգայի ազգային պարկ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Virunqa Milli Parkı”
  • Balinese: “Taman Nasional Virunga”
  • Basque: “Virunga Parke Nazionala”
  • Basque: “Virungako Parke Nazionala”
  • Bengali: “বিরুঙ্গা জাতীয় উদ্যান”
  • Bulgarian: “Вирунга”
  • Burmese: “ဗီရွန်းဂါ အမျိုးသားဥယျာဉ်”
  • Catalan: “Parc nacional dels Virunga”
  • Catalan: “Parc Nacional dels Virunga”
  • Catalan: “Parc National des Virunga”
  • Cebuano: “Virunga National Park”
  • Chinese: “維龍加國家公園”
  • Chinese: “维龙加国家公园”
  • Croatian: “Nacionalni park Virunga”
  • Croatian: “Virunga”
  • Czech: “Národní park Virunga”
  • Czech: “Park Virunga”
  • Dagbani: “Virunga National park”
  • Dagbani: “Virunga National Park”
  • Danish: “Albert nationalpark”
  • Danish: “Virunga nationalpark”
  • Danish: “Virunga Nationalpark”
  • Danish: “Virunga”
  • Dutch: “Congolees natuurpark Virunga”
  • Dutch: “Congolese natuurpark Virunga”
  • Dutch: “Nationaal park Virunga”
  • Dutch: “Nationaal Park Virunga”
  • Dutch: “Virunga Nationaal Park”
  • Dutch: “Virunga”
  • Esperanto: “Nacia Parko Virungo”
  • Estonian: “Virunga rahvuspark”
  • Fanti: “Virunga Ɔdomankoma abɔdze Prama”
  • Farefare: “Virunga National Park”
  • Finnish: “Virungan kansallispuisto”
  • French: “Parc national de Virunga”
  • French: “parc national des Virunga”
  • French: “Parc national des Virunga”
  • French: “Parc national Virunga”
  • Galician: “Parque Nacional de Virunga”
  • Georgian: “ვირუნგის ეროვნული პარკი”
  • German: “Albert-Nationalpark”
  • German: “Nationalpark Virunga”
  • German: “Virunga National Park”
  • German: “Virunga-Nationalpark”
  • Hausa: “Filin shakatawa na Virunga”
  • Hebrew: “הפארק הלאומי וירונגה”
  • Hindi: “विरुन्गा राष्ट्रीय उद्यान”
  • Hungarian: “Virunga Nemzeti Park”
  • Icelandic: “Virunga-þjóðgarðurinn”
  • Indonesian: “Taman Nasional Virunga”
  • Italian: “Parco nazionale dei Virunga”
  • Italian: “parco nazionale di Virunga”
  • Italian: “Parco nazionale Virunga”
  • Italian: “Virunga National Park”
  • Japanese: “アルバート国立公園”
  • Japanese: “ヴィルンガ国立公園”
  • Kazakh: “Vïrwnga”
  • Kazakh: “Вирунга”
  • Kazakh: “ۆىيرۋنگا”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Pariki y’Ibirunga ya Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Kongo”
  • Kirghiz: “Вирунга”
  • Korean: “비룽가 국립공원”
  • Kotava: “Virunga”
  • Kurdish: “Parka neteweyî ya Virungayê”
  • Latvian: “Virungas nacionālais parks”
  • Lingala: “Parke ya Virunga”
  • Lithuanian: “Virungos nacionalinis parkas”
  • Macedonian: “Национален парк Вирунга”
  • Maithili: “भिरुङ्गा राष्ट्रिय निकुञ्ज”
  • Malay: “Taman Negara Virunga”
  • Malayalam: “വിരുംഗ ദേശീയോദ്യാനം”
  • Maltese: “Park Nazzjonali ta‘ Albert”
  • Maltese: “Park Nazzjonali ta‘ Virunga”
  • Maltese: “Park Nazzjonali ta’ Virunga”
  • Mossi: “Virunga National Park”
  • Nepali: “भिरुङ्गा राष्ट्रिय निकुञ्ज”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Virunga nasjonalpark”
  • Norwegian: “Virunga nasjonalpark”
  • Persian: “پارک ملی ویرونگا”
  • Polish: “Park Narodowy Alberta”
  • Polish: “Park Narodowy Virunga”
  • Polish: “Park Narodowy Wirunga”
  • Portuguese: “Parque nacional de Virunga”
  • Portuguese: “Parque Nacional de Virunga”
  • Romanian: “Parcul Național Virunga”
  • Russian: “Вирунга”
  • Russian: “Национальный парк Альберта”
  • Russian: “Национальный парк Вирунга”
  • Serbian: “Национални парк Вирунга”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nacionalni park Virunga”
  • Slovak: “Národný park Virunga”
  • Slovenian: “Albert National Park”
  • Slovenian: “Albertov narodni park”
  • Slovenian: “Narodni park Virunga”
  • Slovenian: “Parc national des Virunga”
  • Slovenian: “Virunga National Park”
  • Spanish: “Parque nacional de Virunga”
  • Spanish: “Parque Nacional de Virunga”
  • Swahili: “Hifadhi ya Virunga”
  • Swedish: “Virunga nationalpark”
  • Swedish: “Virunga”
  • Thai: “อุทยานแห่งชาติวีรูงกา”
  • Turkish: “Virunga Milli Parkı”
  • Turkish: “Virunga Millî Parkı”
  • Twi: “Virunga Ɔman Mmoa Yɛmmea”
  • Ukrainian: “Вірунга”
  • Urdu: “ویرنگا قومی پارک”
  • Vietnamese: “Vườn quốc gia Virunga”
  • Western Panjabi: “ویرونگا نیشنل پارک”
  • Wu Chinese: “维龙加国家公园”

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