Hoàng Liên National Park

Hoàng Liên National Park
Vườn quốc gia Hoàng Liên
Part of Hoàng Liên National Park
Location in Vietnam
LocationNorthern Vietnam
Nearest cityLào Cai
Coordinates22°15′00″N 103°30′00″E / 22.25000°N 103.50000°E / 22.25000; 103.50000
Area68,569 ha
Established2002
Governing bodyUBND of Lào Cai Province
www.laocai.gov.vn/sites/vuonquocgia/Trang/trangchu.aspx

Hoang Lien National Park (Vietnamese: Vườn quốc gia Hoàng Liên, also known as Hoàng Liên Sơn, Dãy Hoàng Liên) is a national park within Hoang Lien Son Range, in the districts of Sa Pa and Than Uyên of Lào Cai Province, and part of Phong Thổ District in Lai Châu Province in Northern Vietnam. Its area is 68,569 hectares (264.75 sq mi) with terrain mostly between 1,000 and 3,000 meters above sea level.

The national park was established according to the Decision number 90/2002/QĐ-TTg dated 12 July 2006 by the government of Vietnam. This decision turned the Nature Reserve into a National Park. Hoang Lien National Park is recognized as a part of ASEAN Heritage Parks and a Centre of Plant Diversity in the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Plant Conservation Program.