Rusizi National Park

Rusizi National Park is a national park in Burundi, next to the Rusizi River.^[3] It is 15 km north of the city of Bujumbura and home to hippopotamuses and sitatungas.^[4] Gustave, a Nile crocodile, is rumored to have killed 300 people here.

Rusizi National Park
Réserve naturelle du Rusizi
IUCN category II (national park)^[1]
Hippopotamuses in Rusizi National Park
A map of Burundi showing the location of Rusizi Nature Reserve
Location	Burundi
Nearest city	Bujumbura
Coordinates	3°14′52″S 29°13′50″E / 3.247723°S 29.230671°E / -3.247723; 29.230671
Area	90 km² (35 sq mi)
Established	1980
Governing body	Office Burundais pour la Protection de l'Environnement

Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Parc National de la Rusizi
Designated	5 June 2002
Reference no.	1180^[2]

References

^ UNEP-WCMC (2022). Protected Area Profile for Rusizi from the World Database of Protected Areas. Accessed 22 March 2022 [1]
^ "Parc National de la Rusizi". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^ World Database of Protected Areas (2021). "Réserve naturelle du Rusizi". Protected Planet.
^ Pitcher, Gemma; David Andrew; Kate Armstrong; James Bainbridge (2007). Africa. Lonely Planet. pp. 616. ISBN 978-1-74104-482-9.

BirdLife International (2020). "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Rusizi National Park".

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