National Park · Tunisia
Boukornine National Park
Boukornine National Park is a national park in Tunisia, established in 1987.
Photo: IssamBarhoumi via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and resized for display.
Park facts
| Park type | National Park |
|---|---|
| Location | Tunisia |
| Established | 1987 |
| Coordinates | 36.6880° N, 10.3882° E |
Every fact above is taken from the sources listed below; anything no source states is left blank rather than guessed.
About Boukornine National Park
Boukornine National Park (French: Parc national de Boukornine) is a national park in northern Tunisia. The 1,939-hectare (4,790-acre) park was established on 12 February 1987. It is near the town of Hammam-Lif and just 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) to the capital city of Tunis. The park is home to flowers like the Persian cyclamen and animals like the Etruscan shrew (the world's smallest known mammal) and the Mountain gazelle. The park is the site of Jebel Boukornine (a 576-metre mountain) and the Aïn Zargua spring, as well as an ecomuseum.
Description from the park's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), linked in the sources below.
Airports near this park
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- Tunis Carthage International Airport (TUN) · Tunis, Tunisia · 14.4 miles away
- Annaba Rabah Bitat Airport (AAE) · Annaba, Algeria · 142.9 miles away
Parks nearby
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Boukornine National Park?
Boukornine National Park is in Tunisia (36.6880° N, 10.3882° E).
When was Boukornine National Park established?
Boukornine National Park was established in 1987, per the source listed at the foot of this page.
Sources
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2741018 — Wikidata (CC0) — name, country, coordinates, area, established year, highest point where stated.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boukornine_National_Park — Wikipedia article — description (CC BY-SA).