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Ujung
Kulon
National
Park
is
located
at
the
western-most
tip
of
Java,
Indonesia.
It
includes
the
volcanic
island
group
of
Krakatoa
and
other
islands
including
Handeuleum
and
Peucang.
The
park
encompasses
an
area
of
1,206
kmē
(443
kmē
marine),
most
of
which
lies
on a
peninsula
reaching
into
the
Indian
Ocean. |
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It
is
Indonesia's
first
national
park
and
was
declared
a
UNESCO
World
Heritage
Site
in
1992
for
containing
the
largest
remaining
lowland
rainforest
in
Java.
It
is
also
one
of
only
two
homes
of
the
critically
endangered
Javan
Rhinoceros.
A
population
of
fifty
to
sixty
live
in
Ujung
Kulon,
a
smaller
population
of
possibly
10
or
less,
live
in
Cat
Tien
National
Park,
Vietnam.
The
mainland
part
of
Ujung
Kulon
was
formerly
farmland
until
it
was
devastated
and
depopulated
by
the
1883
eruption
of
Krakatoa
after
which
it
returned
to
its
original
forested
state. |
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Permits
for
the
park
are
available
at
the
town
of
Labuan,
where
there
is a
National
Park
office.
There
is
also
an
office
at
Tamanjaya.
Accommodation
is
available
on
Handeuleum
and
Peucang
islands. |
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