Nigeria National Park Service

NIGERIA NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

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NATIONAL PARKS OVERVIEW

Nigeria is blessed with rich and unique array of ecosystems, and a great variety of wild fauna and flora. This rich natural endowment is a product of the climatic variations resulting into various north-south gradations of habitats and ecosystems. The habitats support more than 1,340 species of animals among which is 274 mammalian species, making it the 8th highest in Africa.

NATIONAL PARKS WITH LOCATIONS AND SIZES

NAME

STATE(S)

HEAD OFFICE

SIZE

Chad Basin

Borno/Yobe

Maiduguri

2,258 sq.km

Cross River

Akamkpa

4,000 sq.km

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Gashaka-Gumti

Adamawa/Taraba

Serti

6,731 sq.km

Kamuku

Kaduna

Birnin Gwari

1,121 sq.km

Kainji Lake

Kwara/Niger

New Bussa

5,382 sq.km

Okomu

Edo

Arakhuan-Udo

202.24 sq.km

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Old Oyo

Oyo

2,512 sq.km

Estimated Total Conservation Area

22,206.24 sq.km

NPH HEADQUARTERS

The Park Headquarters is the coordinating and Administrative Secretariat of the National Park Service in Nigeria. It is located along Umaru Musa Yar'adua Expressway, Abuja, about one kilometer from the City Gate, opposite the Eid Prayer Ground and adjacent to the Military Cemetery. It occupies a land area of 11,665 hectares, lying approximately between 9.00N and 9.05N, and 7.25E and 7.30E.

NATIONAL PARKS

CBNP	CRNP	GGNP
KLNP	KNP	ONP
	OONP