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The Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens (HKZBG) is one of the oldest zoological and botanical centres in the world, and the oldest park in Hong Kong. [1] Founded in 1864, its first stage was opened to the public in 1871. [2] It occupies an area of 5.6 hectares (14 acres) [3] in Central, [4] on the northern slope of Victoria Peak. [5]
The Zoological and Botanical Gardens is the oldest park in Hong Kong. It was established in 1860 and houses 158 bird species, 93 mammals and 21 reptiles in about 40 enclosures. Show comments
This is a list of zoological gardens around the world.For aquaria, see List of aquaria.For dolphinariums, see List of dolphinariums.For an annotated list of defunct zoos and aquariums, see List of former zoos and aquariums.
On 31 March 1997, the park was closed after the Hong Kong Government decided to use the land for residential public housing. [6] Many additional visitors came to the park as it was about to close, and there were 80,000 visitors on the last two days alone. [7] The animals from the zoo were sent to Shenzhen Safari Park in 1993.
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