Hemis National Park

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Hemis National Park, a high-elevation national park near Hemis in the Leh district of Ladakh in India, is located 50 km (31 mi) from Leh town, the capitals of Ladakh. Globally famous for its endangered snow leopards, it has the highest density of them in any protected area in the world. The park is also home to a number of other endangered mammal species.

It is one of the three largest wildlife sanctuaries in Ladakh, others being Karakoram Wildlife Sanctuary, and Changthang Cold Desert Wildlife Sanctuary. It is the largest notified protected area in India (largest national park); the only national park in India north of the Himalayas; and the second largest contiguous protected area in India (after the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve and surrounding protected areas). Along with the Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary and North Sikkim's proposed Tso Lhamo Cold Desert Conservation Area, the Hemis National Park is India's one of the three protected Palearctic realm.

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