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It ranges in elevation from about 100 m (330 ft) in the river valleys to 815 m (2,674 ft) in the Sivalik Hills.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"type","label":"Type","values":[{"text":"national park","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46169"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1075023#P31"}},{"key":"located_in","label":"Located in","values":[{"text":"Nawalpur District (district of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50822475","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/nawalpur-district"},{"text":"Gandaki Province (province of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25104016","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/gandaki-province"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1075023#P131"}},{"key":"area","label":"Area","values":[{"text":"952.63 km²","value":952.63}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1075023#P2046"}},{"key":"heritage","label":"Heritage status","values":[{"text":"World Heritage Site","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9259","start":"1984"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1075023#P1435"}},{"key":"established","label":"Established","values":[{"text":"1973","date":"1973"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1075023#P571"}},{"key":"website","label":"Official website","values":[{"text":"chitwannationalpark.gov.np","url":"https://chitwannationalpark.gov.np"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1075023#P856"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitwan_National_Park","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%9E%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1075023","https://chitwannationalpark.gov.np"],"faq":[{"q":"Where is Chitwan National Park located?","a":"Chitwan National Park is located in Nawalpur District, Gandaki Province, Nepal."}],"related":[],"places_in":[],"nearby":[{"name":"Marshyangdi River","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/marshyangdi-river","km":1.4},{"name":"Parsa National Park","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/parsa-national-park","km":3.7},{"name":"Meghauli Airport","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/meghauli-airport","km":13.4},{"name":"Sauraha","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/sauraha","km":17.9},{"name":"Chitwan District","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/chitwan-district","km":18.9},{"name":"Bharatpur Airport","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/bharatpur-airport","km":21.9}],"image":{"url":"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Chitwan_swamp.jpg/960px-Chitwan_swamp.jpg","width":640,"height":407,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Vadim Tolbatov","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chitwan_swamp.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Chitwan National Park","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitwan_National_Park","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): चितवन राष्ट्रिय निकुञ्ज","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%9E%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q1075023","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1075023","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Chitwan swamp.jpg by Vadim Tolbatov (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chitwan_swamp.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Chitwan National Park, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Chitwan swamp.jpg — Vadim Tolbatov, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Chitwan National Park\". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/chitwan-national-park. Retrieved 21 October 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-02T06:19:02Z","facts_checked":"2026-10-21","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/places/chitwan-national-park","en":"https://diginpl.com/places/chitwan-national-park","ne":"https://diginpl.com/places/chitwan-national-park?lang=ne"}}