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El Kala National Park
El Kala National Park, also designated as the El Kala Biosphere Reserve, is a protected natural area located in El Tarf Province in northeastern Algeria. The park is distinguished by its exceptional biodiversity, encompassing a mosaic of ecosystems including coastal and marine environments, freshwater lakes, wetlands, and dense forests.
Its vegetation cover features cork oak (Quercus suber), Aleppo pine, willow, white poplar, as well as introduced species such as eucalyptus and acacia. The park represents the last natural refuge of the Barbary stag (Atlas deer) and provides habitat for numerous endemic, aquatic, and migratory mammals and bird species, highlighting its ecological importance at both national and regional levels.
El Kala National Park was submitted in 2025 to the UNESCO Tentative List in Algeria.
The area was also designated in the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR) in 1990.
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El Kala National Park
Date of Submission
2025
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