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List of protected areas of Assam

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Assam protected areas includes Seven national parks (2.51% of Assam's area), 17 wildlife sanctuaries (98.88% of Assam's area), and three proposed wildlife sanctuaries.{{Cite web |title=National Parks {{!}} Assam State Portal |url=https://assam.gov.in/about-us/402 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240810230754/https://assam.gov.in/about-us/402 |archive-date=10 August 2024 |access-date=10 August 2024 |website=Assam State Portal {{!}} Government of Assam}}{{Cite web |title=Wildlife Sanctuaries {{!}} Assam State Portal |url=https://assam.gov.in/about-us/406 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811170105/https://assam.gov.in/about-us/406 |archive-date=11 August 2024 |access-date=24 August 2024 |website=Assam State Portal}}{{cite web |url=http://assamagribusiness.nic.in/Stastical%20Handbook/Forest.pdf |title=AREA OF THE NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES IN ASSAM, 2003 |publisher=Chief Conservator of Forest (WL), Assam. |date= |accessdate=2013-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023303/http://assamagribusiness.nic.in/Stastical%20Handbook/Forest.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://assamforest.in/forestGlance/assamForest_glance.php |title=Department of Environment & Forests (Government of Assam) |publisher=Assamforest.in |date= |accessdate=2013-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814140017/http://assamforest.in/forestGlance/assamForest_glance.php |archive-date=14 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://ibcn.in/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/15-231_321-Assam.pdf |title=Important Bird Areas in India - Assam |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2013-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420143700/http://ibcn.in/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/15-231_321-Assam.pdf |archive-date=20 April 2020 |url-status=dead }}

National parks of Assam

class="sortable wikitable"
Sl. No.

! Name

! Location

! Area (km²)

! Date/Year of announced as National Park

1

| Kaziranga National Park

| Golaghat,Nagaon ,Sonitpur and Karbi Anglong

|430

| 1974

2

| Manas National Park

| Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa,

| 391

| 1990

3

| Nameri National Park

| Sonitpur

| 200.00

| 1999

4

| Dibru-Saikhowa National Park

| Dibrugarh and Tinsukia

| 340.00

| 1999

5

| Orang National Park

| Udalguri and Sonitpur

| 78.8

| 13 April 1999

6

| Raimona National Park

| Kokrajhar

|422.00

| 8 June 2021

7

| Dehing Patkai National Park

| Dibrugarh and Tinsukia

| 234.26

| 9 June 2021 [https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/dihing-patkai-is-assams-7th-national-park/article34770343.ece Dihing Patkai is Assam's 7th National Park]

8

| Shikna Jwhwlao National Park

| Kokrajhar and Chirang

| 321.90

| 15 August 2024 [https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/dihing-patkai-is-assams-7th-national-park/article34770343.ece Dihing Patkai is Assam's 7th National Park]

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Wildlife sanctuaries

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
Sl. No.

! Name

! Location

! Area (km²)w7suuu

! Year of Notification

1

| Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary

| Jorhat

| 20.98

|1997

2

| Garampani Wildlife Sanctuary

| Karbi Anglong

| 6.05

|

3

| Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary

| Sonitpur

| 44.06

|

4

| Bornadi Wildlife Sanctuary

| Udalguri and Baksa

| 26.22

| 1980

5

| {|Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary

|Sonitpur

|220

|1998

6

|Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary

|Marigaon

|38.80

|1987

7

|Panidihing Bird Sanctuary

|Sibsagar

|33.93

|

8

|Bherjan-Borajan-Padumoni Wildlife Sanctuary

|Tinsukia

|7.22

|

9

|Nambor Wildlife Sanctuary

|Karbi Anglong

|37.00

|

10

|East Karbi-Anglong Wildlife Sanctuary

|Karbi Anglong

|222.81

|

11

|Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary

|Nagaon

|70.13

|

12

|Chakrashila Wildlife Sanctuary

|Dhubri and Kokrajhar

|45.57

|

13

|Marat Longri Wildlife Sanctuary

|Karbi Anglong

|451.00

|

14

|Nambor-Doigrung Wildlife Sanctuary

|Golaghat

|97.15

|

15

|Borail Wildlife Sanctuary

|Cachar and Dima Hasao

|326.25

|

16

|Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary

|Kamrup Metro

|78.64

|

17

|Deepar Beel Wildlife Sanctuary

|Kamrup Metro

|4.1

|1989

;Proposed Wildlife Sanctuaries

Biosphere reserve

See also

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References

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External links

  • [https://des.assam.gov.in/portlets/statistical-handbook Official Statistical Handbook of Assam 2016-17]

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  • [https://indiantigersafaris.com/ Indian Tiger Safaris – Wildlife Tours and Jungle Safari Packages in Assam and India]

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