National parks in Ethiopia

There are 15 national parks in Ethiopia (as of August 2013). The protected area system is supplemented by around 100 other national protected areas with different protection status.

National parks

Surname	founding	Size [ha]	region	map	view
Abijatta Shalla National Park	1963	88,700	Oromia
Alatish National Park	2006	266,500	Benishangul-Gumuz
Awash National Park	1969	75,600	Afar (region)
Bale Mountains National Park	1970	247.100	Oromia
Chebera Churchura National Park	2006	119,000	YeDebub
Gambela National Park	1974	506.100	Gambela
Geraille National Park	1998	38,580	Somali (region)
Kafta Sherao National Park	1999	500,000	Tigray
Mago National Park	1971	216,200	YeDebub
Maze National Park	2005	21,000	YeDebub
Nechisar National Park	1974	51,400	YeDebub
Omo National Park	1959	406,800	YeDebub
Simien National Park	1959	17,900	Amhara
Yabello National Park	1978	250,000	Oromia
Yangudi Rassa National Park	1969	473.100	Afar
Total:		2,100,900

Other protected areas

• Babille elephant sanctuary

See also

• Natural parks in Africa

Web links

Commons : National parks of Ethiopia  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Overview and description of the national parks by the Ethiopian government
• Overview of the national parks at the Ethiopian Embassy in Japan (English)
• protectedplanet.net: National parks in Ethiopia (English)