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Published on
2022 Apr 22
Thematic Areas
Forest Biodiversity

MOUNT SANGBE NATIONAL PARK


Straddling the prefectures of Biankouma, Touba and Séguéla, the Mont Sangbé National Park covers an area of 97,554 hectares. It substantially occupies the former Mount Sangbé massif, itself constituted as a national forest in 1945; this then covered 105,000 ha and included the Kangolo mountains (24,000 hectares), and Mont Bain (16,000 hectares). By decree 76-215 of 19/02/76, the area of occupation of the three mountains (Sangbé, Kangolo and Mont Boin) was established as a National Park, named after the highest peak.

Mount Sangbé has a rich, diverse and rare fauna with the main species such as: Elephant, Buffalo, Leopard, Bubale, Cobe de Bufon, Hippotraque, Guib harnaché, Ourebi, Ourebi, Royal Antelope and magnificent and panoramic landscapes, favorable to tourist circuits:

Different ecosystems can also be observed.