Kafta Sheraro National Park

Kafta Sheraro National Park
Kafta Sheraro National Park
Kafta Sherao National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Nearest city	Sheraro
Coordinates	13°59′58.92″N 37°00′1.08″E / 13.9997000°N 37.0003000°ECoordinates: 13°59′58.92″N 37°00′1.08″E / 13.9997000°N 37.0003000°E
Area	6000 km2
Designation	National park
Established	2007
Governing body	Ethiopia Wildlife Conservation Authority
	www.ewca.gov.et/en/node/20

Kafta Sheraro National Park is a national park in Tigray. The park is settled in Western, South Western and North Western Tigray, in the districts (woredas) of [[Sheraro and Kafta Humera] . The park borders with Eritrea's Gash-Setit to the north and is traversed by the Tekezé River. Vegetation communities in the park include Acacia-Commiphora, Combretum-Terminalia, dry evergreen montane woodlands and riparian types. A total of 167 mammal species, 95 bird species and 9 reptile species have been recorded at the site.^[1]

The park is home to a transboundary African elephant population of about 500 individuals, which it shares with Eritrea's Gash-Setit, and which constitutes the northernmost elephant population in Eastern Africa.^[2] Kafta-Sheraro is also an important wintering site for demoiselle cranes.^[3]

Other notable wildlife species include lion, leopard, caracal, aardvark, greater kudu, roan antelope, red-fronted gazelle, hyena, crocodile, cheetah and red-necked ostrich.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Ethiopia Wildlife Conservation Authority. "Kafta Sheraro National Park". EWCA. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
^ Blanc, J. Julian; Barnes, Richard F. W; Craig, G. Colin; Dublin, Holly T; Thouless, Chris R; Douglas-Hamilton, Iain; Hart, John A (2007). African Elephant Status Report 2007: an update from the African Elephant Database (PDF). Occasional Papers of the IUCN Species Survival Commission. Vol. 33. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN.
^ Gebremedhin, B.; Demeke, Y. (September 2011). "Discovery of a wintering site of Demoiselle Cranes in Kafta-Sheraro National Park, Ethiopia". Bulletin of the African Bird Club. 18 (2): 199–202.

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[ewca-1] Ethiopia Wildlife Conservation Authority. "Kafta Sheraro National Park". EWCA. Retrieved 22 February 2015.

[aesr2007-2] Blanc, J. Julian; Barnes, Richard F. W; Craig, G. Colin; Dublin, Holly T; Thouless, Chris R; Douglas-Hamilton, Iain; Hart, John A (2007). African Elephant Status Report 2007: an update from the African Elephant Database (PDF). Occasional Papers of the IUCN Species Survival Commission. Vol. 33. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN.

[Gebremedhin_and_Demeke_2011-3] Gebremedhin, B.; Demeke, Y. (September 2011). "Discovery of a wintering site of Demoiselle Cranes in Kafta-Sheraro National Park, Ethiopia". Bulletin of the African Bird Club. 18 (2): 199–202.

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v t National parks of Ethiopia
National parks	Abijatta-Shalla Alatash National Park Awash Bale Mountains Chebera Churchura Gambella Kafta Sheraro Mago Maze Nechisar Omo Semien Mountains Yangudi Rassa
Wildlife sanctuaries	Babille Elephant Sanctuary Didessa Kuni-Muktar Mountain Nyala Sanctuary Senkelle Swayne's Hartebeest Sanctuary Chelbi Yabelo