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Close ✕Kruger National Park
South Africa's flagship national park, roughly 19,485 km2 along the Mozambique border, consolidated as a national park in 1926 from the Sabi and Shingwedzi game reserves proclaimed under…
-24.0, 31.5 · approximate · 1898 (Sabi Game Reserve) – present; national park from 1926
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- A place in: Safari Across Africa · 12 places
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- is shaped boundary of of Fortress conservation — Kruger's boundary logic — exclusive state tenure, removal of resident use, defence against incursion — is the doctrine's clearest southern African expression.
- is displaced from of Makuleke community — About 1,500 Makuleke people were forcibly removed from the Pafuri area in 1969 and the land was incorporated into Kruger National Park.
- is protected at cost in of Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) — Rhino security in large South African parks is delivered through armed patrol, dehorning and intelligence operations funded largely from tourism and donor income — the clearest case of protection whose cost is measurable.
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