Uzh National Nature Park
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Uzh National Nature Park (Uzhanskyi natsionalnyi pryrodnyi park) is a protected area in Ukraine. It is located in Uzhhorod Raion of Zakarpattia Oblast, at the border with Poland and Slovakia. The national park was created on 5 August 1999 and has the area of 39,159.3 hectares (151.195 mi2). Since 2007, it is part of the World Heritage site Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe. It is also part of the East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve. The park was created to protect the pristine beech forest of the Carpathians.
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