Wolong National Nature Reserve
| Wolong National Nature Reserve | |
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| Wolong Special Administrative Region | |
Giant panda cub at the Panda Breeding Centre of Wolong National Nature Reserve | |
| Location | Wenchuan County, Sichuan |
| Nearest city | Chengdu |
| Coordinates | 31°01′N 103°06′E / 31.02°N 103.10°E |
| Area | c. 2,000 km2 (770 sq mi) |
| Established | 1963 |
| Website | wolongpanda.com.cn |
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| Simplified Chinese | 卧龙国家级自然保护区 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 臥龍國家級自然保護區 | ||||||
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| Wolong Special Administrative Region | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 四川省汶川卧龙特别行政区 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 四川省汶川臥龍特別行政區 | ||||||
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Wolong National Nature Reserve (from Chinese 卧龙; wòlóng; 'crouching dragon'), officially known as Wolong Special Administrative Region, is a national protected area in Wenchuan County in China. It was established in 1963 with an initial size of about 20,000 ha (49,000 acres). It was expanded in 1975 to an area of about 200,000 ha (490,000 acres) in the Qionglai Mountains region. It hosts over 4,000 species. In 2006, it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
According to China's Third National Giant Panda Survey, about 150 wild giant pandas live in Wolong National Nature Reserve. The reserve is also a home to many other endangered species including snow leopards, red pandas, golden snub-nosed monkeys and white-lipped deer. Before the devastating 2008 Sichuan earthquake, Wolong received up to 200,000 visitors every year.
The reserve became part of the Giant Panda National Park in 2020.