The Monts du Toura, also known as the Toura Mountains, are a range of mountains rising to 1300 metres in elevation, extending westward across

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from the

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to the border with

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and

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, at the western end of the range, reaches 1,752 m.U.S. Library of Congress Country Studies - Ivory Coast
accessed 25 December 2010. The Mont Sangbé National Park, one of the world's principal national parks,Encyclopædia Britannica at Universitat de Valencia
accessed 25 December 2010 covering an area of 95,000 ha (950 km²/360 sq m) north of

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and west of the Sassandra, between Biankouma and

Touba Touba (Hassaniya Arabic: , 'Felicity'; Wolof: Tuubaa) is a city in central Senegal, part of Diourbel Region and Mbacké district. With a population of 1,120,824 in 2023, it is the second most populated Senegalese city after Dakar. It is the h ...

, is located entirely within the Toura mountains (including 14 peaks over 1000 m). The park is very densely vegetated savanna woodland with wildlife populations of elephants, buffaloes, warthog, antelopes, and monkeys. Other protected areas include the Gueoule and Mont Glo forest reserves.

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External links

Language, Gender and Sustainability Project Toura Map
accessed 25 December 2010. {{Use dmy dates, date=March 2017 Toura Montagnes District Guinean montane forests Mountain ranges of Ivory Coast