Chiltan Hazarganji National Park Quetta

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By : World Tour

The Hazarganji National Park was established in 1980 to provide protection to the Markhor goats whose 
number was dwindling at an alarming rate. Markhor incidentally is the national animal of Pakistan. The Park is situated 20kms south west of Quetta and covers a total area of 325000 acres. The Chiltan Hills and the Hazar Ganji Range lie in the east and west respectively hence the name. This national park is considered as one of the most important reasons for which people visitQuetta.

The Chiltan Hazarganji National Park is very popular among tourists. Besides the peaceful environs, the park also has a museum, rest house and picnic spots to entertain the visitors.

Wildlife in Chiltan Park:
One of the groups in the behalf of National Geography channel came for research on wildlife in Hazarganji Park. They explore that there are almost 800 species of wild goat the population of Suleiman Markhor is very low which is about 300-400 due to lot of hunting. The wild goat likes to live in Jungle area while the Markhor use to live at hilly area the height of mountain is 1500-200 meters.

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There are mammals and birds founded in National Park which are, Wild goat, Suleiman Markhor, Leopard, Jackal, Porcupine, Desert hare, Deer, Red fox, Stripped hyena, Indian wolf, Urial sheep, and Caracal. While the bird species are, Lichtenstein's desert finch, Stonechat, Houbara bustard, vulture, Laggar falcon, Indian sparrow hawk, Scops owl, Common cuckoo, European bee-eater, Rock partridge, European nightjar, Orphean warbler, Griffon vulture, Egyptian vulture, and Honey buzzard. There are also reptiles in desert area of Chiltan Park which are, Saw scaled viper, Monitor lizard, Russell's viper, and Spiny tailed lizard.
The species of plant and trees found in Hazarganji are, amid juniper, pistachio, almond and ash trees.