Bandung Zoo

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Bandung Zoo
Bandung Zoo
6°53′25″S107°36′25″E / 6.89028°S 107.60694°E / -6.89028; 107.60694
Date opened1933;91 years ago (1933)
Location Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
No. of animals1,600
No. of species218
Website www.bandung-zoo.com
Bandung Zoo

Kebun Binatang Bandung or Bandung Zoological Gardens is a zoo located in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. It was created in 1933 when two existing zoos in the city (Cimindi zoo and Dago Atas zoo) were combined and moved to the current location on Taman Sari street. The new zoo was located in "Jubileum Park", a botanical garden created in 1923 to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. [1]

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