The Aouk-Aoukale Faunal Reserve (french: Réserve de Faune de l'Aouk-Aoukale) is a

national park A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...

found in the

Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of th ...

. It was established in 1939. This site is . It is located in

Vakaga Vakaga is one of the 16 prefectures of the Central African Republic. Its capital is Birao. It covers an area of 46,500 km and has a population of 37,595 (2003 census). The extremely low population density, less than 1 person/km, is a result o ...

prefecture. The

Bahr Aouk River The Bahr Aouk River is a river in central Africa. It arises in eastern Chad at the border to Sudan and flows southwest, forming a significant portion of the international boundary between Chad and the Central African Republic. The Bahr Aouk meets t ...

runs through the reserve.

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Protected areas of the Central African Republic Faunal reserves Protected areas established in 1939 1939 establishments in Ubangi-Shari Vakaga {{CentralAfricanRepublic-geo-stub