| Arli National Park | |
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IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area) | |
 Arli National Park with view on the river Arli | |
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| Location | Burkina Faso |
| Nearest city | Diapaga |
| Coordinates | 11°35′N1°28′E / 11.583°N 1.467°E /11.583; 1.467 |
| Area | 760 km2 (290 sq mi) |
| Established | 1954 |
| Part of | Burkinabé part ofW-Arly-Pendjari Complex |
| Criteria | Natural: (ix), (x) |
| Reference | 749bis-003 |
| Inscription | 1996 (20thSession) |
| Extensions | 2017 |
| Official name | Parc National d'Arly |
| Designated | 7 October 2009 |
| Reference no. | 1884[1] |
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Arli National Park, often calledArly,[2] is anational park located inTapoa Province, southeasternBurkina Faso.[3] It adjoinsBenin'sPendjari National Park in the south and theSingou Reserve in the west.
The park covers 760 km2 (290 sq mi) with a wide variety of habitats, ranging from the gallery forests of the Arli and Pendjari rivers to savanna woodland and sandstone hills of the Gobnangou chain. It is home to around 200African elephants, 200hippos and 100lions. There are alsobuffaloes,baboons, red and greenmonkeys,warthogs, and variousantelopes, such as the westernhartebeest androan antelope. There are alsobushbucks,duikers andwaterbuck.[2][4]
The park can be accessed via the N19 highway viaDiapaga (in the dry season also viaPama). Arli National Park has several pools, such as Tounga where there is awaterhole and two pools which are often visited by up to twentyhippos.
The park was earlier a habitat for theWest African wild dog (Lycaon pictus manguensis),[5] although this canid is likelyextirpated from the local area due to anexpanding human population, and lack of national protection.
The Arly reserve is part of a complex of protected areas with theSingou reserve, forming animportant bird area.
Management of the park has been delegated to the Burkinabe NGO NATURAMA since 1993.
The reserve has been designated aRamsar site since 2009 for the international importance of itswetlands.[6]
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