page_title: Mare aux Hippopotames
hierarchical_section_title: Mare aux Hippopotames
caption_attribution_description: Sign at the entrance of Mare aux Hippopotames, Burkina Faso
context_page_description: The Mare aux Hippopotames is a lake and national park in Burkina Faso, created in 1937 and designated in 1977 as the only UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in the nation. The park was created around a freshwater lake and includes surrounding pools and marches in the flood plain of the Black Volta River, and surrounding forests. The park is home to about 100 hippos; about 1000 eco-tourists visit each year. It is located about 60 kilometers north of Bobo-Dioulasso, and is itself about 163 square kilometres in size.
  Mare aux Hippopotames is among the wetlands of international importance as defined by the Ramsar Convention.
context_section_description: The Mare aux Hippopotames (Lake of Hippopotamuses) is a lake and national park in Burkina Faso, created in 1937 and designated in 1977 as the only UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in the nation.  The park was created around a freshwater lake and includes surrounding pools and marches in the flood plain of the Black Volta River, and surrounding forests.  The park is home to about 100 hippos; about 1000 eco-tourists visit each year.  It is located about 60 kilometers (37 mi) north of Bobo-Dioulasso, and is itself about 163 square kilometres (63 sq mi) in size.
  Mare aux Hippopotames is among the wetlands of international importance as defined by the Ramsar Convention.
caption: Map at entrance
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