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Yambaru National Park

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Yambaru National Park (Yanbaru Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Established in 2016, it is located in and around the forested region of Yambaru at the northern end of Okinawa Island. The park comprises a land area of 13,622 ha (33, 660 acres) in the villages of Kunigami, Ōgimi, and Higashi together with 3,670 ha (9, 100 acres) of the surrounding waters. The day of establishment, 15 September, coincides with the anniversary of the 1983 discovery of the endangered endemic Yambaru long-armed scarab beetle (Cheirotonus jambar).

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