Mokala National Park

Mokala National Park
Mokala National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
	Location of the park
Location	Northern Cape, South Africa
Nearest city	Kimberley
Coordinates	29°10′S 24°21′E / 29.167°S 24.350°E
Area	196.11 km2 (75.72 sq mi)
Established	19 June 2007
Governing body	South African National Parks
	www.sanparks.org/parks/mokala/
Mokala National Park (South Africa)

Mokala National Park is a reserve established in the Plooysburg area south-west of Kimberley in the Northern Cape, South Africa on 19 June 2007.^[1] The size of the park is 26,485 hectares. Mokala is the Setswana name for the magnificent camel thorn, a tree species typical of the arid western interior and common in the area. There is currently 70 km of accessible roads in the national park.

^ "ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW MOKALA HATIONAL PARK, NORTHERN CAPE IN TERMS OF THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: PROTECTED AREAS ACT, 2003 (ACT NO. 57 OF 2003" (PDF). Protected Areas Register.

[1] "ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW MOKALA HATIONAL PARK, NORTHERN CAPE IN TERMS OF THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: PROTECTED AREAS ACT, 2003 (ACT NO. 57 OF 2003" (PDF). Protected Areas Register.

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Mokala National Park

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