Delta du Saloum National Park

Saloum Delta
UNESCO world heritage
National territory:	Senegal
Type:	Culture
Criteria :	iii, iv, v
Surface:	145,811 ha
Reference No .:	1359
UNESCO region :	Africa
History of enrollment
Enrollment:	2011  (session 35)

The Delta du Saloum National Park ( French Parc National du delta du Saloum , often also Sine Saloum National Park) is located on the Senegalese Atlantic coast of the Fatick region within the delta of the Saloum and Sine rivers . Its area is 76,000 hectares.

history

The national park was founded in 1976, includes one of the most important mangrove populations in West Africa and has been a biosphere reserve since 1980 and a Ramsar reserve since 1984 . It has been a World Heritage Site since 2011 .

fauna

The fauna in the Delta du Saloum National Park includes wild mammals such as the primates hussar monkey and West African colobus monkey , marine mammals such as dolphins and manatees , antelopes such as crown duiker and bushbuck , as well as warthog and spotted hyena .

Picture gallery

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  Satellite image of the Saloum National Park

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  NASA satellite image Geocover 2000

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  Mangroves in Saloum National Park

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  The île des oiseaux ("island of birds") in the Saloum National Park

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ramsar Sites Information Service

Web links

• UNESCO: MAB Biosphere Reserve Information
• au-senegal.com of August 23, 2007: Le parc national du delta du Saloum
• Kassoumay: Sine Saloum ( Memento from January 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
• Saloum Delta in Senegal: Grilled sea bream under mangroves , article by Philipp Laage in Spiegel Online , December 23, 2011, in the FAZ of January 7, 2012, page 7 with the headline: Between flamingos and mangroves .

Coordinates: 13 ° 44 ′ 1 ″  N , 16 ° 41 ′ 48 ″  W.