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{{Infobox protected area
| name = Lawkhuwa Wildlife Sanctuary
| alt_name =
| iucn_category = IV
| photo = Sunset in a flood affected zone of Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary.jpg
| photo_alt =
| photo_caption = Sunset in a flood affected zone of Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary
| photo_width =
| map = India Assam#India
| map_alt =
| map_caption = Location of Lawkhuwa Wildlife Sanctuary in [[Assam]], [[India]]
| map_width =
| location = [[Assam]], [[India]]
| nearest_city = [[Nagaon]]
| coords = {{coord|26|30|24|N|92|42|38|E|region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coords_ref =
| area = 70.13 sq. km<ref name=sanctuary>{{Cite web
|url=http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/nwdc/list_existing_wls.pdf
|title=National Wildlife Database: List of Protected Areas in India
|publisher=Wildlife Institute of India
|accessdate=22 October 2010
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919104925/http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/nwdc/list_existing_wls.pdf
|archivedate=19 September 2011
}}</ref>
| established = 1972<ref name=sanctuary/>
| visitation_num =
| visitation_year =
| governing_body = Department of Environment & Forests, Assam
| world_heritage_site =
| url =
}}

'''Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary''' ({{lang-as|লাওখোৱা অভয়াৰণ্য}}) is [[protected area|protected]] area located in the state of Assam in [[India]]. This [[wildlife sanctuary]] covers 70.13 km<sup>2</sup>, on the south bank of the [[Brahmaputra River]] in [[Nagaon district]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://assamforest.in/NP_Sanctuaries/wls_Laokhowa.php |title=Department of Environment & Forests (Government of Assam) |publisher=Assamforest.in |date= |accessdate=2013-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516071710/http://assamforest.in/NP_Sanctuaries/wls_Laokhowa.php |archive-date=16 May 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is situated 40 km downstream of the [[Kaziranga National Park]] and 30 km northwest of the [[Orang National Park]] on the other side of the river Brahmaputra.

It is a part of the Laokhowa-Burachapori eco-system. The sanctuary is an ideal habitat for [[Indian rhinoceros]] and [[Asiatic water buffalo]]es. Other animals found here are the [[royal Bengal tiger]], [[Indian leopard]], [[Indian boar]], [[civet]], [[leopard cat]], [[hog deer]], etc. Over 200 species of birds have been recorded in the sanctuary, including migratory birds.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BirdLife Data Zone|url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/laokhowa-and-burhachapori-sanctuaries-iba-india|access-date=2021-06-14|website=datazone.birdlife.org}}</ref>

Laokhowa had more than 70 [[Indian rhino]]s in early 1980s which were all killed by poachers. In 2016, two rhinos, a mother and her daughter, were reintroduced to the sanctuary from Kaziranga National Park as part of the Indian Rhino Vision 2020 (IRV 2020) program, but both animals died within months due to natural causes.<ref name=reintr1>https://india.mongabay.com/2019/09/who-killed-the-wandering-rhino-in-assam/ Who killed the wandering rhino in Assam?], mongabay.com, 9 September 2019.</ref>

It is open for tourists from the beginning of November to the end of April.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Laokhowa & Burhachapori Wildlife Sanctuary {{!}} Nagaon District {{!}} Government Of Assam, India|url=https://nagaon.gov.in/frontimpotentdata/laokhowa-burhachapori-wildlife-sanctuary|access-date=2021-06-14|website=nagaon.gov.in}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Protected areas of Assam}}

[[Category:Brahmaputra Valley semi-evergreen forests]]
[[Category:Wildlife sanctuaries in Assam]]
[[Category:Nagaon district]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1972]]
[[Category:1972 establishments in Assam]]

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