Tajik National Park

Tajik National Park
(Mountains of the Pamirs)
UNESCO World Heritage Site
LocationTajikistan
CriteriaNatural: 
Reference1252rev
Inscription2013 (37th Session)
Area26,116.74 km2 (10,083.73 sq mi)
Coordinates38°45′54″N 72°18′19″E / 38.76500°N 72.30528°E / 38.76500; 72.30528
Location of Tajik National Park in Tajikistan
Tajik National Park (West and Central Asia)

Tajik National Park (Tajik: Боғи миллии Тоҷикистон, romanized: Boghi millii Tojikiston; Russian: Таджикский национальный парк, romanized: Tadzhikskiy natsional'nyy park) is a national park and nature reserve in eastern Tajikistan. It was established in 1992 and expanded in 2001 to include parts of the Pamir Mountains, the third-highest mountain system in the world. The park covers 26,116.74 square kilometres (10,083.73 sq mi) or a little over 18 percent of Tajikistan's total area.

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