Garamba National Park is a protected area in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the border with South Sudan. It was created by the Belgian colonial authorities in 1938, one of the oldest national parks in Africa. Its mix of savanna, woodland and rivers supports elephants, giraffes and buffalo, and it was once home to the last wild population of the northern white rhinoceros, which was wiped out by poaching in the early 2000s. UNESCO listed it as a World Heritage Site in 1980, and it has been on the danger list because of poaching and armed groups, including the Lord's Resistance Army. Since 2005 it has been managed by the conservation organisation African Parks together with Congolese authorities.
Before and after
- 21 December 1937Birth of Jane Fonda
- 31 December 1937Birth of Anthony Hopkins
- 1938Katyusha
- 1938Founding of Samsung Group
- 1938Establishment of Garamba National Park
- 1938Origins of EuroBasket Women
- 1938Establishment of Mount Olympus
- 19381938 becomes the warmest year on record
- 5 January 1938Birth of Juan Carlos I of Spain
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- 10 January 1939Establishment of Iguaçu National Park
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