Serengeti National Park
national park in Tanzania
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Summary
Serengeti National Park is a transboundary protected area[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of transboundary protected area entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,064 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Mara Region[3], Simiyu Region[4]
- Country: Tanzania[5]
- Instance of: national park[6]
- Maintained by: Tanzania National Parks[7]
- Operator: Tanzania National Parks[8]
- Location: Tanzania[9]
- Commons category: Serengeti National Park[10]
- Inception: 1940[11]
- Located in/on physical feature: Serengeti[12]
- IUCN protected areas category: IUCN category II: National Park[13]
- Official website: https://serengetiwildebeestmigration.com/[14]
- Visitors per year: 430,219[15]
- Heritage designation: World Heritage Site[16]
- Has characteristic: tourist attraction[17]
- Native label: Serengeti National Park[18], Hifadhi ya Serengeti[19]
- Different from: Serengeti[20]
- Area: 1,476,300 ha[21]
- World Heritage criteria: (vii)[22], (x)[23]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24]
- P14541: 2KQGAn[25]
Why It Matters
Serengeti National Park has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]