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Explore Tajik National Park, Tajikistan (UNESCO site)

Tajik National Park, formally Pamir National Park (also known as Pamersky or Pamirsky) is a National Park and Nature Reserve in eastern Tajikistan. It was established in 1992. It stretches about 2,6 mill.ha which is 18% of the total size of Tajikistan. It includes parts of the Pamir Mountains. On June 22, 2013, UNESCO added the site to its World Heritage List. The national park features of a mix of steppe, desert, grassland and alpine regions. It has long cold winters and cool summers, with an average annual rainfall of 12.7 cm. Species known to live in the national park include the brown bear, snow leopard, wolves, markhor, Marco Polo sheep, brown-headed gulls and bar-headed geese.
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