National park National Park in 1914. The UK waited until 1951 for the designation of its first national park, The Peak District National Park which sits at the southern end of the Pennine Hills surrounded by industrial cities. This followed perhaps 70 years of pressure for greater public access to the landscape. By the end of the decade a further 9 national parks had been designated. Europe has some 359 national parks as of 2010. Africa's first national park was established in 1925 when Albert I of Belgium designated an area of what is now Democratic Republic of Congo centred on the
Tatra National Park, Slovakia Tatra National Park, Slovakia Tatra(s) National Park (; abbr. TANAP) is one of the nine national parks in Slovakia. It is situated in North Central Slovakia in the Tatra Mountains. The park is important for protecting a diverse variety of flora and fauna, with many endemic species, including the Tatra chamois. The Tatra National Park protects the Slovak areas of the High Tatras mountain range in the Eastern Tatras ("Východné Tatry") ranges, and areas of the Western Tatras ("Západné Tatry") ranges. The west part of the Tatra National Park is situated in the Žilina Region and the east part in