Zoo
Qalqilya Zoo
🇵🇸 Palestinian Territories
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, Palestinian Territories 3 spp. present
Qalqilya Zoo (Arabic: حديقة الحيوانات الوطنية) is a small, 2-hectare (4.9-acre) zoo in the Palestinian city of Qalqilya on the western edge of the West Bank. Established in 1986, it is the only zoo in the State of Palestine. The zoo houses 170 animals, a small natural history museum, a children's entertainment park, and on-site restaurants. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
32.195° N 34.971° E
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Essentials
Entrance
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Tourism
Medium
Species present
3
speciesOpened
1986
Size
Small
Visit
Getting there
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
Iridescent Shark
Pangasianodon hypophthalmus
Before you go
Where is Qalqilya Zoo?
Palestinian Territories
Qalqilya Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in Palestinian Territories. Its coordinates are 32.195° N, 34.971° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Hortobágy National Park, about 2,078 km away.
What animals can you see at Qalqilya Zoo?
3 species
Citizen-science photos record 3 species at Qalqilya Zoo, including Saker Falcon, Green Sea Turtle and Iridescent Shark. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.
Where can you see the animals of Qalqilya Zoo in the wild?
Saker Falcon: Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park
Some of the animals photographed at Qalqilya Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Saker Falcon (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park) and Green Sea Turtle (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Coiba National Park).
When did Qalqilya Zoo open and how big is it?
Opened 1986, 2.0 ha
Qalqilya Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in Palestinian Territories, opened in 1986 and covers about 2.0 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 3 species are photographed there.
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Sources: Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)