Teknaf Game Reserve
Encyclopedia
Teknaf Game Reserve is the only game reserve
forest in Bangladesh
. It comprises an area of 11,615 hectare
. This is one of the few places in Bangladesh where Elephants
can be seen in the wild. It was established in 1983 to protect wild Asian Elephants. It is located in Teknaf of Cox's Bazar District
.
Game reserve
A game reserve is an area of land set aside for maintenance of wildlife for tourism or hunting purposes. Many game reserves are located in Africa. Most are open to the public, and tourists commonly take sightseeing safaris or hunt wild game....
forest in Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
. It comprises an area of 11,615 hectare
Hectare
The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...
. This is one of the few places in Bangladesh where Elephants
Elephant
Elephants are large land mammals in two extant genera of the family Elephantidae: Elephas and Loxodonta, with the third genus Mammuthus extinct...
can be seen in the wild. It was established in 1983 to protect wild Asian Elephants. It is located in Teknaf of Cox's Bazar District
Cox's Bazar District
Cox's Bazar District is a district in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh. It is named after Cox's Bazar, which is one of the world's longest natural sea beaches . It is located south of Chittagong. Cox's Bazar is also known by the name Panowa . Another old name was Palongkee...
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