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{{short description|national park in western Albania}}
{{Infobox protected area
| name = Divjakë-Karavasta National Park
| iucn_category = II
| photo = Parku Kombëtar Divjakë-Karavasta.svg
| photo_caption = The official logo featuring the dalmatian pelican and stone pine in the background
| photo_width = 99px
| designation = National park
| location = Fier and Tirana, Albania
| nearest_city = {{hlist|Divjakë|Lushnjë}}
| map = Albania#Europe
| relief = 1
| coordinates = {{coord|40|59|29|N|19|29|58|E|region:AL-LU|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| area = {{convert|22230.24|ha|km2|abbr=on}}
| established = {{format date|2007|10|19|df=y}}
| governing_body = Agjencia Kombëtare e Zonave të Mbrojtura
}}
Divjakë-Karavasta National Park ({{langx|sq|Parku Kombëtar Divjakë-Karavasta}}) is a national park in western Albania established on 19 October 2007. Defined in a territory of {{convert|222.3|km2|0|abbr=on}}, the park extends across the plain of Myzeqe within the basin of the Mediterranean immediately along the Adriatic Sea. It comprises the lagoon of Karavasta, the estuaries of Seman and Shkumbin, and the region's diverse environment of floodplains, forests, woodlands, meadows, reed beds, salt marshes and wetlands.
Management
Responsibility of the Divjakë-Karavasta National Park belongs to the National Agency of Protected Areas, which is directorate operating under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Environment.{{cite web |publisher=Ministry of Environment of Albania |title=Zonat e Mbrojtura |url=http://mjedisi.gov.al/zonat-e-mbrojtura/ |accessdate=25 October 2020 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20200807034329/http://www.mjedisi.gov.al/zonat-e-mbrojtura/ |archivedate=25 October 2020 |language=Albanian}} It was enlisted as a national park on 19 October 2007 by the government of Albania in order to protect and conserve the region's extraordinary ecosystems and habitats along with their faunal and floral communities.{{cite web |publisher=Qendra e Botimeve Zyrtare (QBZ) |title=Fletorja Zyrtare e Republikës së Shqipërisë Nr. 144, Datë. 30/10/2007 |url=https://qbz.gov.al/eli/fz/2007/144/4358c3fa-efae-4cf0-9731-2e974b8c1e9d;q=VENDIM%20Nr.687,%20dat%C3%AB%2019.10.2007 |accessdate=25 October 2020 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20201025132154/https://qbz.gov.al/eli/fz/2007/144/4358c3fa-efae-4cf0-9731-2e974b8c1e9d;q=VENDIM%20Nr.687,%20dat%C3%AB%2019.10.2007 |archivedate=25 October 2020 |pages=36–39 |language=Albanian |date=30 October 2007}}{{cite web |publisher=United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) |title=Zonat e mbrojtura detare e bregdetare në Shqipëri/ Marine and Coastal Protected Areas in Albania |url=https://www.oceanactionhub.org/file/1661/download?token=Zrk7GQUh |accessdate=25 October 2020 |pages=17–18 |date=2015}} In 1995, the Karavasta Lagoon was designated as a wetland of international importance under the criteria of the Ramsar Convention.{{cite web |publisher=Ramsar Convention |title=Karavasta Lagoon ecosystem |url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/781 |accessdate=25 October 2020 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20201025145102/https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/781 |archivedate=25 October 2020}} Despite these protections, BirdLife International and Plantlife have further listed the park as an important Bird and Plant Area of global significance, respectively.{{cite web |publisher=BirdLife International |title=Karavasta Lagoon |url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/karavasta-lagoon-iba-albania |accessdate=25 October 2020}}{{cite web |last1=De Montmollin |first1=Bertrand |last2=Radford |first2=Elizabeth A. |last3=Catullo |first3=Gianluca |publisher=International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) |title=Important Plant Areas of the south and east Mediterranean region Priority sites for conservation |url=https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/2011-014.pdf |accessdate=25 October 2020 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20201025142513/https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/2011-014.pdf |archivedate=25 October 2020 |pages=75–79}}
== Geography ==
Divjakë-Karavasta National Park is located in the counties of Fier and Tirana in central Albania. It lies between latitudes 40° and 59° N and longitudes 19° and 29° E. The park occupies {{convert|22230.24|ha|km2|abbr=on}} and constitutes a substantial section of the Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast on the southeastern shore of the Adriatic Sea within the Mediterranean Sea.{{cite web |publisher=Ministria e Turizmit dhe Mjedisit |title=Databazë e Burimeve Turistike–Qarku Fier |url=http://turizmi.gov.al/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Databaze-e-burimeve-turistike_18OCT.-2017_Brr-Fier.pdf |accessdate=16 November 2020 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20201116114537/http://turizmi.gov.al/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Databaze-e-burimeve-turistike_18OCT.-2017_Brr-Fier.pdf |archivedate=16 November 2020 |language=Albanian}}{{cite web |publisher=Ministria e Turizmit dhe Mjedisit |title=Databazë e Burimeve Turistike–Qarku Tiranë |url=http://turizmi.gov.al/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Databaze-e-burimeve-turistike_18OCT.-2017_Brr-Tirane.pdf |accessdate=16 November 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903155903/http://turizmi.gov.al/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Databaze-e-burimeve-turistike_18OCT.-2017_Brr-Tirane.pdf |archivedate=3 September 2018 |language=Albanian}}
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