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Puzzle #26 was Virunga National Park.
Virunga National Park is a national park in the Albertine Rift Valley in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was created in 1925. In elevation, it ranges from 680Â m (2,230Â ft) in the Semliki River valley to 5,109Â m (16,762Â ft) in the Rwenzori Mountains.
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What the record says
Puzzle 26 ran on 10 Aug 2026 and the answer was Virunga National Park, played with 6 guesses against 4 columns. On the record: Country - Democratic Republic of the Congo; IUCN category - II; Area band - 2,000–9,999 km². The numbers: Established - 1920s.
Beyond the grid the record adds Established - 1925; Area - 7,900 km² (2,000–9,999 km²); Heritage designation - Ramsar site, World Heritage Site.
Parkdle builds its record from Wikidata - CC0 1.0 and IUCN protected-area management category guidelines. The description above comes from the same place the game credits on every reveal: English Wikipedia verbatim extract, CC BY-SA 4.0. The puzzle itself is still playable in the archive, and every answer that has been and gone is listed on the past-answers page.
How it scored
- Country
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- IUCN category
- II
- Established
- 1920s
- Area band
- 2,000–9,999 km²
Also on the record
- Established
- 1925
- Area
- 7,900 km² (2,000–9,999 km²)
- Heritage designation
- Ramsar site, World Heritage Site