List of protected areas of Assam

Assam protected areas includes Seven national parks (2.51% of Assam's area), 17 wildlife sanctuaries (1.88% of Assam's area), and two proposed wildlife sanctuaries.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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National parks of Assam

Sl. No.	Name	Location	Area (km²)	Date/Year of announced as National Park
1	Kaziranga National Park	Golaghat, Nagaon district and Karbi Anglong	1090	1974
2	Manas National Park	Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa,	950.00	1990
3	Nameri National Park	Sonitpur	200.00	1998
4	Dibru-Saikhowa National Park	Dibrugarh and Tinsukia	340.00	1999
5	Orang National Park	Darrang and Sonitpur	299.14(extended in 2022)	13 April 1998
6	Raimona National Park	Kokrajhar	422.00	8 June 2021
7	Dehing Patkai National Park	Dibrugarh and Tinsukia	234.26	9 June 2021 ^[4]

Wildlife sanctuaries

Sl. No.	Name	Location	Area (km²)	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	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	Jalukbari	4.1	1989

Proposed Wildlife Sanctuaries

North Karbi Anglong Wildlife Sanctuary^[5]
Bordoibam Bilmukh Bird Wildlife Sanctuary 11.25^[5]

Biosphere reserve

References

^ "AREA OF THE NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES IN ASSAM, 2003" (PDF). Chief Conservator of Forest (WL), Assam. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
^ "Department of Environment & Forests (Government of Assam)". Assamforest.in. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
^ "Important Bird Areas in India - Assam" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
^ Dihing Patkai is Assam’s 7th National Park
^ ^a ^b "North Karbi Anglong Wildlife Sanctuaries (Proposed)". Department of Environment & Forests, Government of Assam. Archived from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.

External links

Official Statistical Handbook of Assam 2016-17

v t e Protected areas of Assam
National parks	Dibru-Saikhowa National Park Kaziranga National Park Manas National Park Nameri National Park Orang National Park Dehing Patkai National Park Raimona National Park
Wildlife Sanctuaries	Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary Bherjan-Borajan-Padumoni Wildlife Sanctuary Borail Wildlife Sanctuary Bordoibuam-Beelmukh Wildlife Sanctuary (Proposed) Bornadi Wildlife Sanctuary Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary Chakrashila Wildlife Sanctuary Dipor Bil Wildlife Sanctuary (Proposed) East Karbi-Anglong Wildlife Sanctuary Garampani Wildlife Sanctuary Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary Marat Longri Wildlife Sanctuary Nambor Wildlife Sanctuary Nambor-Doigrung Wildlife Sanctuary North Karbi-Anglong Wildlife Sanctuary Panidihing Bird Sanctuary Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary
Reserved forest	Kakoijana reserved forest Ultapani Reserve Forest

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