Salawin Wildlife Sanctuary

Salawin Wildlife Sanctuary
Salawin Wildlife Sanctuary
เขตรักษาพันธุ์สัตว์ป่าสาละวิน
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
	Location in Thailand
Location	Thailand
Nearest city	Mae Hong Son
Coordinates	18°12′30″N 97°44′15″E / 18.20833°N 97.73750°E / 18.20833; 97.73750
Area	875 km²
Established	1978
Governing body	Wildlife Conservation Office

The Salawin Wildlife Sanctuary (Thai: เขตรักษาพันธุ์สัตว์ป่าสาละวิน) is located in Thailand near the border with Burma and includes the Thai section of the Salween River. Founded in 1978, it is an IUCN Category IV wildlife sanctuary, measuring 87,500 square kilometres (33,800 sq mi) in size.^[1]

Location

Salawin Wildlife Sanctuary in overview PARO 16 (Mae Sariang branch)

	National park
1	Mae Ngao
2	Mae Sariang
3	Namtok Mae Surin
4	Salawin
5	Tham Pla–Namtok Pha Suea

	Wildlife sanctuary
6	Doi Wiang La
7	Lum Nam Pai
8	Mae Yuam Fang Khwa
9	Salawin
10	San Pan Daen

	Non-hunting area
11	Lum Nam Pai Fang Sai

	Forest park
12	Kaeo Komon
13	Mai sak Yai
14	Namtok Huai Mae Saed
15	Namtok Klo Kho
16	Namtok Mae Sawan Noi
17	Namtok Mae Yuam Luang
18	Namtok Mai Sang Nam
19	Pha Hin Tang
20	Tham Tara Lod
21	Thung Bua Tong

	Arboretum
22	Doi Mak Hin Hom
23	Huai Chom Phu
24	Mae Surin
25	Pong Khae

References

^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre; IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre; IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas (November 1990). 1990 United Nations list of national parks and protected areas. IUCN. pp. 171–. ISBN 978-2-8317-0032-8. Retrieved October 1, 2011.

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[CentreCentre1990-1] World Conservation Monitoring Centre; IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre; IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas (November 1990). 1990 United Nations list of national parks and protected areas. IUCN. pp. 171–. ISBN 978-2-8317-0032-8. Retrieved October 1, 2011.