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the Hlawga National Park is a wildlife park, a mini zoo and a buffer zone. The place was set up as an educational center for environment in 1982 and continues to attract many ecologists and nature lovers.
History
This national park was established with joint-funding by the UNDP and the Burmese government so as to preserve the flora and fauna of the region. It holds the catchment area of an old extension dam, Zokanabe Lake that was built in 1921-24 to support the larger Hlawga Lake which has been the source of water for Yangon since 1904. The park is a home to many indigenous animals and birds that can be seen living in their natural habitat.
Attractions
Wildlife-
As per a survey conducted in 1992, there are 21 species of mammals, 145 species of birds and 8 species of reptiles inhabiting the park. In the 818-acre, the landscape varies from semi-evergreen forests, mixed deciduous forests, and swamp forests. Visitors can spot various species of deer along with rhesus monkey, pythons, jungle cats, lizards and pangolins.
Birds-
This park houses an array of resident and migratory birds. Some of the species are the Jungle Fowl (Gallus gallus), Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer), Lesser Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna javanica), Asian Openbill Stork (Anastomus oscitans), Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticonax nycticorax) and White-throated Babbler (Turdoides gularis).
Flora-
There is a total of 295 species of plants in this evergreen forest area, such as, Dipterocarps and langerstroemia speciosa. Some of the deciduous species like teak (Tectona grandis), binga (Mitragyna rotundifolia), and medicinal plants such as sindonma-nwe (Tinospora cordifolia) are also found here.
Mini Zoo
- This area is a site of small mammals, birds, tigers, leopards, bears and estuarine crocodiles that are kept in big spacious cages, aviaries and moated enclosures.
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