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{{Infobox protected area
| name = Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary
| iucn_category = IV
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| map = India Arunachal Pradesh#India
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| map_caption = Location in Arunachal Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|27|04|06.5|N|93|34|52.9|E|display=inline,title}}
| established = 2 February 1978<ref name="Arunachal Times">{{cite news |last1=Staff Reporter |title=Org seeks de-reservation of Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary |url=https://arunachaltimes.in/index.php/2020/09/24/org-seeks-de-reservation-of-itanagar-wildlife-sanctuary/ |access-date=8 June 2021 |publisher=The Arunachal Times Publications Pvt. Ltd |date=24 September 2020}}</ref>
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| governing_body = [http://arunachalforests.gov.in/ '''Secretary (Environment & Forest), Government of Arunachal Pradesh''']
| area_km2 = 140.30
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The '''Itanagar wildlife sanctuary''' was established in 1968 with the aim to conserve the biodiversity around the [[Itanagar]] sanctuary. The reserve forest around Itanagar became part of the sanctuary. The sanctuary has geographical boundary limits as River Pam to the east, Pachin in the south, Neorochi on the north-East and the Chingke stream in the north. The terrain is mostly hilly. Since the sanctuary is close to the city, it plays an important role in environmental education.

== Flora ==
The forest can be classified into Tropical Semievergreen and wet evergreen forest. Pure patches of Bamboos are seen intermittently. The most common Bamboo species are [[Bambusa pallida]] (Bijuli)and [[Bambusa|Bambusa hamiltonii]] (kako). The other tree species are [[Duabanga grandiflora]] (Khokan), [[Amoora wallichii|Amoora wallichi]] (Aman) [[Toona ciliata]] (poma), Magnolia sps (Sopa), [[Schima wallichii|Schima wallichi]] (Makrisal), [[Castanopsis indica]] (Hingori).<ref name="Arunachal Forest">{{cite web |last1=PCCF Arunachal Pradesh |title=Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary |url=http://arunachalforests.gov.in/itanagar_wildlife_sanctuary.html |website=www.arunachalforests.gov.in |publisher=Department of Forests & Environment, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh |access-date=8 June 2021}}</ref>
== Fauna ==
The Itanagar Sanctuary is rich in biodiversity. The animals found in the sanctuary include [[tiger]], [[leopard]], [[clouded leopard]], [[Asian elephant]], [[gaur]], [[Sloth bear|sloth Bear]], [[Barking Deer]], [[marbled cat]], [[capped langur]], [[slow loris]]. The state bird [[hornbill]] is a regular sight in the sanctuary. The [[White-winged duck|white winged duck]] (''Cairina scutolata'') is also found.<ref name="Birdlife">{{cite web |last1=Kumar |first1=R. Suresh |last2=Bhatt |first2=Bharat Bhushan |last3=Choudhury |first3=Anwaruddin |title=Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary |url=https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/itanagar-wildlife-sanctuary-iba-india |website=[[BirdLife International]] |access-date=4 April 2024}}</ref>

==Threats to the sanctuary==
Since the sanctuary is having human population living around, there is a continuous threat from the people who engage in [[illegal hunting]], fishing, fires, grazing, and [[wikt:Special:Search/encroachment|encroachment]] on the sanctuary area. The local organisations are demanding denotification of certain portion of the sanctuary due to encrochment.<ref name="Arunachal Times" />
==References==
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{{Arunachal Pradesh}}
{{North East India}}

[[Category:Wildlife sanctuaries in Arunachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Tiger reserves of India]]
[[Category:Tourism in Northeast India]]

Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary - Revision history

Cristine5684 at 22:06, 22 February 2026