Niassa by Numbers
SGDRN Established: 2000
Area: 42,000 square kilometres
Approximately 20,000 Elephants, 14,000 Sable, 800 Lion, 350 wild Dog
Number of Recorded Bird Species: 400+
Lugenda River (~400km)
Number of people residing in Reserve: approx 40,000
Two District Administration: Mecula and Mavago
Length of Core Road Network: approx 1,200km
Number of Hunting Safaris since 2000: 562
Average Number of Hunting Tourists per year: 100
Estimated Total Gross Infrastructure Investment by Concessions from 2000 to 2012 : US$7.4 million
