🦁 Nandankanan Zoological Park

India · Asia · 20.40°N, 85.81°E

Nandankanan Zoological Park is a 437-hectare (1,080-acre) zoo and botanical garden located in Barang village, Odisha, India. It is 10 km to south of Cuttack and 10 km north of Bhubaneswar. Established in 1960, it was opened to the public in 1979 and became the first zoo in India to join World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) in 2009. It also contains a botanical garden and part of it has been declared a sanctuary. Nandankanan, literally meaning The Garden of Heaven, is located in the environs of the Chandaka forest, and includes the 134-acre (54 ha) Kanjia lake.

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Country	India
Continent / region	Asia
Coordinates (approx.)	20.40°N, 85.81°E · view on map

Nandankanan Zoological Park is located in India, in Asia.

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