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Amboseli National Park
| Amboseli National Park | |
|---|---|
  Location of Amboseli National Park  Location of Amboseli National Park within Kenya | |
| Location | Loitoktok District, Kajiado County, Kenya |
| Nearest city | Nairobi |
| Coordinates | 02°38′29″S 37°14′53″E / 2.64139°S 37.24806°E |
| Area | 392 km2 (151 sq mi) |
| Established |
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| Visitors | 120,000 estimated (in 2006) |
| Governing body | Kenya Wildlife Service, Olkejuado County Council and the Maasai community |
Amboseli National Park, formerly Maasai Amboseli Game Reserve, is a national park in Loitoktok District in Kajiado County, Kenya.[1] It is 39,206 ha (392.06 km2) in size at the core of an 8,000 km2 (3,100 sq mi) ecosystem that spreads across the Kenya-Tanzania border.[2] It harbours 400 species of birds including water birds like pelicans, kingfishers, crakes, hamerkop and 47 raptor species. The local people are mainly Maasai.[3]
The park protects two of the five main swamps and includes a dried-up Pleistocene lake and semiarid vegetation.
- ^ "County Government of Kajiado – Naboisho ang, engolon ang". Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "World Database on Protected Areas: Amboseli Nationalpark". sea.unep-wcmc.org. Retrieved 28 July 2008.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Amboseli National Park". Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
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