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Site Information
Name Gunung Leuser (Site Code: 1251) Country Indonesia  
Local Designation National Park  IUCN Management Category II  Explanation of IUCN Protected Area Management Categories
Date1 January 1980
Altitude Minimum 500 metres   Maximum 3,466 metres
Location Latitude 3° 33' 25"N ( 3.557°)   Longitude 97° 36' 26"E (97.607°)  
Size 792,675 hectares  
   
Information Sources Previous Source: Official Agency reply to UN List 1996 request. Latest Info/GIS: ASEAN Dataset supplied by ARCBC (dataset date 2004), January 2005 
Additional Source Updated using (Wood, L. J. (2005). MPA Global: A database of the world's marine protected areas. Sea Around Us Project, UNEP-WCMC & WWF)
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Related site details
Contains Bandahara (Cloud Forest Site)
Contained By Barisan Mountain Range (Cloud Forest Region)
Contains Leuser (Cloud Forest Site)
Contained By Gunung Leuser National Park (UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve)
Overlap Leuser National Park (ASEAN Heritage)
Contained By Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (World Heritage Convention)
Notes Latest Info: World Heritage Site Web (updated 1 July 04), accessed 2nd July 2004.  


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Query Date: 09/02/2010 @ 15:17:48  Document: http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/wdpa/sitedetails.cfm?siteid=1251&level=nat