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The Mare aux Hippopotames (Lake of Hippopotamuses) is a lake and national park in Burkina Faso, created in 1937 and designated in 1977 as the only UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in the nation. The park was created around a freshwater lake and includes surrounding pools and marches in the flood plain of the Black Volta River, and surrounding forests. The park is home to about 100 hippos; about 1000 eco-tourists visit each year.^{[citation needed]} It is located about 60 kilometers (37 mi) north of Bobo-Dioulasso, and is itself about 163 square kilometres (63 sq mi) in size.

Mare aux Hippopotames
Map at entrance
Location	Burkina Faso
Nearest city	Bala
Area	163 km²
Established	1937
Ramsar Wetland
Designated	27 June 1990
Reference no.	491[1]

Mare aux Hippopotames is among the wetlands of international importance as defined by the Ramsar Convention.[2]

References

External links

• Mare aux Hippopotames at Birdlife.org
• Mare aux Hippopotames at UNESCO
• Media related to Mare aux Hippopotames at Wikimedia Commons

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