Order creating the Ussangoda National Park under the Forest Conservation Ordinance (Chapter 469). Country/Territory Sri Lanka Document type Regulation Date 2011 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Extraordinary) No. 1735/21, 6 December 2011, pp. 1A and 2A. Subject Wild species & ecosystems Keyword National parks Zoning Ecosystem preservation Protected area Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Abstract By Virtue of the Powers vested by Subsection (1) of the Section 2 of the Fanua and Flora Protection Ordinance (Chapter 469), I, S. M. Chandrasena Minister of Agrarian Services and Wildlife, by this Order: declares that area of State as described in the Schedule, to be a National Reserve; and declares the aforesaid National Reserve comprising the area of land described in the Schedule to be a National Park known as the “Horowpothana National Park”. Limits of the above mentioned protected area comprise the Horowpothana National Park 2570 hectares, situated within the Divisional Secretary's Division of Horowpothana in the Administration District of Anuradhapura, in the North Central Province. Full text English Website www.documents.gov.lk References - Legislation Implements Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance. Legislation | Sri Lanka | 1937 (1993) Keyword: Basic legislation, Wild flora, Endangered species, Protected area, Keeping of live animals, Birds, Marine mammals, Reptiles, Hunting authorization/permit, Hunting/capture, National parks, Use restrictions, Wildlife products, Protection of species, Wild fauna Source: FAO, FAOLEX