Kangari Hills Forest Reserve
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| Kangari Hills Forest Reserve | |
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IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources) | |
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| Location | Sierra Leone |
| Coordinates | 8°23′54″N 11°36′58″W / 8.39834°N 11.61598°W |
| Area | 85.73 km2 (33.10 sq mi) |
| Established | 1924 |
Kangari Hills Forest Reserve is a non-hunting forest reserve in the centre of Sierra Leone, partly in Tonkolili District and partly in Bo District. The area became a forest reserve in 1924. Standing between 200 and 600 m above sea level, the reserve has an area of 8,573 ha (21,180 acres), although parts of it area have been encroached upon by farming and mining activities.[1]
