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Mago, Ethiopia

Mago

National Park
Horn of Africa (Omo valley)Designated in 19792,162 km²
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Ancestral land of the Mursi people, known for the lip plates worn by the women as ceremonial adornment

Area

2,162 km²

Protection category

IUCN II

Parque nacional —

Designated in

1979

Declared in 1979, Mago is the ancestral land of the Mursi, known internationally for the clay lip plates that the women insert into the lower lip, working up in size from adolescence — a form of body adornment whose exact meaning (social standing, marriage value, group identity) is still debated by anthropologists, and which draws a growing cultural tourism not free of ethical controversy over its commercialisation.

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Mago: 26 documented species

Mammals16Birds4Reptiles6

Threatened:

Flora and ecosystems

Ecosystems found in Ethiopia, where Mago lies.

Savannah

Experiences in this park

Birdwatching

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Region

Horn of Africa (Omo valley)

Climate

Tropical, Arid / desert, Temperate, Mountain

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Endemic species of Ethiopia:

Ethiopia · Horn of Africa (Omo valley)
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National Park

Gambella

Ethiopia

White-eared Kob · Tiang

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National Park

Nechisar

Ethiopia

Nechisar Nightjar · Burchell's Zebra

See park
Awash
National Park

Awash

Ethiopia

Lesser Kudu · Nile Crocodile

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SimienUNESCO
National Park

Simien

Ethiopia

Walia ibex (endemic) · Ethiopian wolf

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CountryEthiopia

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African BuffaloNear Threatened

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Lappet-faced VultureEndangered

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African Savanna ElephantEndangered

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Soemmerring's GazelleVulnerable

Soemmerring's Gazelle

Nanger soemmerringii

GeladaLeast Concern

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Theropithecus gelada

CheetahVulnerable

Cheetah

Acinonyx jubatus

GiraffeVulnerable

Giraffe

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Greater KuduLeast Concern

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Tragelaphus strepsiceros

Lesser KuduNear Threatened

Lesser Kudu

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See all 26 species found here