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It covers an area of 1,500 km2 (580 sq mi) in the Solukhumbu and Sankhuwasabha districts, and is surrounded by a bufferzone to the south and southeast with an area of 830 km2 (320 sq mi).","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/Q964013#P31"}},{"key":"located_in","label":"Located in","values":[{"text":"Solukhumbu District (district of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28363","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/solukhumbu-district"},{"text":"Koshi Province (province of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25104008","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/koshi-province"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q964013#P131"}},{"key":"area","label":"Area","values":[{"text":"2,330 km²","value":2330.0}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q964013#P2046"}},{"key":"established","label":"Established","values":[{"text":"1992","date":"1992"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q964013#P571"}},{"key":"website","label":"Official website","values":[{"text":"dnpwc.gov.np/protected_areas/details/makalubarunnationalpark","url":"http://dnpwc.gov.np/protected_areas/details/makalubarunnationalpark"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q964013#P856"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makalu_Barun_National_Park","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%81-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A3_%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/Q964013","http://dnpwc.gov.np/protected_areas/details/makalubarunnationalpark"],"faq":[{"q":"Where is Makalu Barun National Park located?","a":"Makalu Barun National Park is located in Solukhumbu District, Koshi Province, Nepal."}],"related":[],"places_in":[],"nearby":[{"name":"Chamlang","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/chamlang","km":13.3},{"name":"Makalu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/makalu","km":14.9},{"name":"Baruntse","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/baruntse","km":19.0},{"name":"1934 Nepal–India earthquake","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/1934-nepalindia-earthquake","km":23.1},{"name":"Imja Tsho","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/imja-tsho","km":24.5},{"name":"Island Peak","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/island-peak","km":25.1}],"image":{"url":"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Barun_Valley_-_Nghe.jpg/960px-Barun_Valley_-_Nghe.jpg","width":640,"height":608,"license":"CC BY 3.0","credit":"Dhilung","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barun_Valley_-_Nghe.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Makalu Barun National Park","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makalu_Barun_National_Park","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): मकालु-बरूण राष्ट्रिय निकुञ्ज","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%81-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A3_%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 Q964013","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q964013","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Barun Valley - Nghe.jpg by Dhilung (CC BY 3.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barun_Valley_-_Nghe.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 Makalu Barun National Park, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Barun Valley - Nghe.jpg — Dhilung, CC BY 3.0.","cite":"\"Makalu Barun National Park\". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/makalu-barun-national-park. Retrieved 21 October 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-02T06:19:02Z","facts_checked":"2026-10-21","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/places/makalu-barun-national-park","en":"https://diginpl.com/places/makalu-barun-national-park","ne":"https://diginpl.com/places/makalu-barun-national-park?lang=ne"}}