Kangari Hills Forest Reserve

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Kangari Hills Forest Reserve is a non-hunting forest reserve in centre of Sierra Leone. The area became a forest reserve in 1924. Laying between 200 and 500 metres above sea level the Reserve has an area of 8,573 hectares (85.73 km²), although parts of this area have been encroached upon by farming and mining. The Reserve is one of the few places in Sierra Leone where the endangered forest elephant survives. Protected areas of Sierra Leone
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  • 85.73 km² (33.1 mi² )

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Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone (sieɪrə liˈoːn), officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea in the northeast, Liberia in the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean in the southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of 71,740 km (27,699 sq mi) and has a population...
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