The Hirkan National Park, Lankaran is built to protect the endangered species of plants and animals as well as to improve the tourism of the state of Lankara and Astara. The Hirkan National Park, Lankaran was formerly known as the Hirkan State nature Reservoir with an area of about 886 hectares. This was set up in the year 1936 with the aim to protect the flora and fauna of the territory of Hirkan. The contemporary President of Azerbaijan initiated the creation of the Hirkan National Park, Lankaran.
The Hirkan National Park, Lankaran comprise about hundred and fifty different kinds of trees inside the national park including thirty-six different species which are exclusively found in the Hirkan region. The Hirkan National Park one of the most famous tourist attractions in Lankaran is placed in the first place among the parks because of its wood cover which is about 99.8% of the total area. The park houses some of the rarest endemic and relict trees which attract the tourist from all over the world.
The animals which you will get to see at the Hirkan National Park, Lankaran are the wild boar, jackal, meet boar, spot antler, and Asian leopard and among the birds the Hirkan tits, Woodpecker and stone sparrows top the list. The Hirkan tits can be regarded as the endemic form which is not found anywhere else in the world.
The trees which one gets to see at the Hirkan National Park, Lankaran are usually two and three storied tall with the Lankaran acacia, iron-wood, false nut, chestnut leaf oak, the Caucasus persimmon occupy the lower portion of the park. Since the whole Hirkan National Park spread over a landmass which has certain elevation so different types of trees or vegetation are found at different levels. The oriental chest nuts woods occupy the top region of the Hirkan National Park, Lankaran. Most of the wood that one comes across in the Republic of Azerbaijan is of fen type but constitute some of the rarest species of trees.
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