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Mont Sângbé National Park

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survey in Mont Sangbe National Park in May 2001, finding a population of 235–260 individuals in a survey area covering less than 5% of the park's total area, a population density of 5.7 chimpanzees per km².
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Mont Sângbé National Park occupies a rugged terrain in the eastern end of the highland chain extending through Guinea and northern Liberia. There are many granitic
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lists it among the "principal national parks of the world". It acquired national park status in 1976.
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predominates. The northern parts are drier and support Sudanian woodland where the tree
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woodland, with some small patches of deciduous forest, either as forest islands or as
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Rapport de recensement de la population de chimpanzes au Mont Sangbe
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Population survey of the chimpanzee population of Mont Sangbe
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Language, Gender and Sustainability Project Toura Map
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and peaks that reach over 700 m (2,300 ft)
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Herbinger and Lia (unpublished, 2001) carried out a
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Index

IUCN category
national park
Map showing the location of Mont Sângbé National Park
Côte d'Ivoire
national park
Ivory Coast
Encyclopædia Britannica
Monts du Toura
Sassandra River
Man
Biankouma
Touba
inselbergs
above sea level
savanna
gallery forests
Brachiaria serrata
Andropogon macrophyllus
Daniella oliveri
Lophira lanceloata
Loudetia phragmitoides
Isoberlinia doka
chimpanzee
king colobus
sooty mangabey
Diana monkey
western palm squirrel
African linsang
African bush elephant
water chevrotain

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