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Puzzle #72 was Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park.
Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park is a national park in the Republic of the Congo. Established in 1993, in the northern provinces of Congo, it is home to forest elephants, great apes, including western lowland gorillas and the eastern sub-species of chimpanzees and bongo. The forests have a rich biodiversity of 300 bird species, plus 1,000 plant and tree species which include endangered mahoganies.
What the record says
Puzzle 72 ran on 25 Sep 2026 and the answer was Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, played with 6 guesses against 4 columns. On the record: Country - Republic of the Congo; IUCN category - II; Area band - ≥10,000 km². The numbers: Established - 1990s.
Beyond the grid the record adds Established - 1993; Area - 17,879.5 km² (≥10,000 km²); Heritage designation - part of UNESCO 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
- Republic of the Congo
- IUCN category
- II
- Established
- 1990s
- Area band
- ≥10,000 km²
Also on the record
- Established
- 1993
- Area
- 17,879.5 km² (≥10,000 km²)
- Heritage designation
- part of UNESCO World Heritage Site