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Close ✕Ngorongoro Conservation Area
A multiple-land-use conservation area of roughly 8,292 km2 in northern Tanzania, created by ordinance in 1959 at the moment Serengeti National Park was closed to human residence.
-3.2, 35.5 · regional · 1959 (Ngorongoro Conservation Area Ordinance) – present
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- A place in: Safari Across Africa · 12 places
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- is created by division of of Serengeti National Park — The Ngorongoro Conservation Area exists because the 1959 legislation removed human residence from Serengeti National Park and designated Ngorongoro as the place Maasai would live instead. The two objects are the two halves of one decision.
- is resident in disputed tenure of Maasai — Maasai households live inside the Ngorongoro Conservation Area under the 1959 multiple-land-use settlement, and their continued residence is the subject of an active relocation programme.
- is administers of Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA) — The Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority is the statutory administrator of the area and the implementing body for land-use and relocation decisions within it.
Mission history61 missions · 1959 → 2026 · 2 planned
1145 objects · 280 located (1 withheld pending verification) · 865 unlocated · No relief basemap · marks drawn only from sourced coordinates