Buiratau National Park

Buiratau State National Nature Park
«Бұйратау» мемлекеттік ұлттық табиғи паркі (Kazakh) Государственный национальный природный парк «Буйратау» (Russian)
IUCN category II (national park)
Location of park in Kazakhstan
Location	Yereymentau Mountains Akmola Region, Karaganda Region
Nearest city	Astana
Coordinates	51°20′N 73°20′E / 51.333°N 73.333°E / 51.333; 73.333
Area	88,968 hectares (219,845 acres; 890 km2; 344 sq mi)
Established	11 March 2011; 13 years ago (2011-03-11)
Governing body	Committee of Forestry and Fauna of the Ministry of Agriculture, Kazakhstan
Website	http://gnpp-buiratau.kz/en

The Buiratau State National Nature Park (Kazakh: «Бұйратау» мемлекеттік ұлттық табиғи паркі, romanized: «Būiratau» memlekettık ūlttyq tabiği parkı; Kazakh: Государственный национальный природный парк «Буйратау», romanized: Gosudarstvennyy natsional'nyy prirodnyy park «Buyratau») is a national park in Kazakhstan that was created in 2011 to preserve a unique transitional zone between dry steppe and semi-arid forest ecosystems of the Kazakh Uplands of central Kazakhstan. The park is located in the Yereymentau Mountains, straddling the border of Yereymentau District of Akmola Region (60,815 hectares (150,277 acres; 608 km²; 235 sq mi)), and Sarybel District of Karaganda Region (28,154 hectares (69,570 acres; 282 km²; 109 sq mi)), and is about 60 km east of the capital city of Astana.^[1]