Description: The park is spread over an area of 1,171 sq km, approximately 754.4 sq km. The rest of the area falls in the ecozone.
Place: Himachal Pradesh District Kullu
The establishment: 1984
Geographical Location: 31 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ north, 77 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ east
Category: Included in the World Heritage Site list
Speciality: The area of the park is 754.4 square kilometres in the core zone, 265.6 square kilometres in the ecozone, and 61 square kilometres in the Tirthan Wildlife Sanctuary and 90 km square area in Sainj Sanctuary.
Other information: Great Himalayan National Park Somwar Jun 23, 20l4 became natural World Heritage.
The Great Himalayan National Park is located in Himachal Pradesh 's Kullu district. The park is spread over an area of 1,171 sq km, approximately 754.4 sq km. The rest of the area falls in the ecozone.
Great Himalayan National Park became the World Heritage site on Jun 23, 20l4. The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ) accorded this status to the National Park in the 38th session held in Doha.
World Heritage Site
The Great Himalayan National Park received World Heritage status in 2014.
The National Park of Kullu district has been registered by the UNESCO World Heritage Team. At the UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Association) team meeting in Doha, Qatar on June 15-25, 32 proposals were discussed.
It has become the second heritage after Kalka-Shimla railway line, which has got this status in Himachal.
In March 2012, UNESCO nominated the Great Himalayan National Park. After this, the concerned team arrived for a tour of Himachal Pradesh under the leadership of Dr Bobby and asked to submit a fresh report in many cases.
On every aspect sought on 22 November 2013, the state government prepared a proposal to declare it a World Heritage. In the meeting held in Doha, the Chief of Forest Department, Aranyapal RK Gupta, gave a presentation.
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