{"id":25501,"date":"2026-02-11T11:58:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T06:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=25501"},"modified":"2026-02-11T15:16:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T09:46:35","slug":"hoollongapar-gibbon-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/hoollongapar-gibbon-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Hollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a male gibbon was found electrocuted to death at Hollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary (HGWS) in Jorhat.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Hollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is located in the Jorhat district <\/span><b>of Assam, India.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>only sanctuary in India named after a gibbon<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> due to its distinction for containing the densest gibbon populations in Assam.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Terrain: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is situated at an <\/span><b>altitude between 100 and 120 m<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (330 and 390 ft), the topography gently slopes downward from southeast to northwest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>River:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The <\/span><b>Bhogdoi River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> creates a waterlogged region dominated by semi-hydrophytic plants along the border of the sanctuary.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora:<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The upper canopy of the forest is dominated by the Hollong tree, while the Nahar dominates the middle canopy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lower canopy consists of evergreen shrubs and herbs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It contains India\u2019s only <\/span><b>gibbons\u2013the hoolock gibbons<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and Northeastern India\u2019s only nocturnal primate\u2013the <\/span><b>Bengal slow loris, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian <\/span><b>elephants, tigers, leopards<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, jungle cats, wild boar, three types of civet, four types of squirrels, stump-tailed macaque, northern pig-tailed macaque, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/wildlife-biodiversity\/hoolock-gibbon-electrocuted-by-a-railway-track-in-assam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DTE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Jorhat district of Assam, India. 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