Hingol National Park
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Hingol National Park or Hungol National Park (Urdu: ہنگول نیشنل پارک) is the largest national park in Pakistan, located in the Makran coastal region of Balochistan along the Arabian Sea. The park covers an area of about 6,100 square kilometres (2,400 sq mi) and is located 200 km northwest of Karachi in the three districts of Gwadar, Lasbela and Awaran in Balochistan. Hingol was declared a national park in 1988.
The park is named after the Hingol River, which flows through the park and forms an estuary before emptying into the Arabian Sea. It hosts a large numbers of waterfowl and a wealth of marine life dolphins, sea turtles, mangroves, fish, and crocodiles. Hangul National Park contains several distinct ecosystems, as well as both desert and plains regions, making it unique among the national parks of Pakistan.
The park is bordered by arid subtropical forest to the north, a barren mountain range to the south, and the Hingol River tributary, which is home to thousands of migratory birds and marsh crocodiles. The Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea are to the south.
The park's unique rock formations have been attracting tourists from all over the country since the completion of the Makran Coastal Highway in 2004.
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