What is Cúc Phương National Park?
[[File:Parque Nacional de Cuc Phuong (5182009321).jpg|thumb|right|Cúc Phương National Park]] '''Cúc Phương National Park''' ({{lang-vi|Vườn quốc gia Cúc Phương}}) is a park in [[Vietnam]]. It is in [[Ninh Bình Province]], in the [[Red River Delta]]. '''Cuc Phuong''' was Vietnam's first [[Protected areas of Vietnam|national park]]. It is the largest nature reserve in Vietnam. [[Image:Cuc Phuong National Park - Vietnam.JPG|thumb|right|Map of Vietnam. Cúc Phương National Park is marked in red. Ninh Bình Province is marked in black]] == History == <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:800px-Cuc.Phuong.National.Park.jpg|thumb|left|Photo of Cuc Phuong National Park. Water collection pool near park lodging in forefront.]] --> Cúc Phương was made into a forest reserve in 1960. Human beings have lived in this place since 7,000-12,000 years ago. Modern people have [[archeology|found things that belonged to ancient people]] in caves in the park: places where human bodies are buried, stone axes, bone spears, oyster shell knives, and tools for turning food into powder. In 1789, [[Nguyễn Huệ]] and [[Thăng Long]] fought a Vietnamese Civil War battle in the [[Quen Voi]] part of the park. In modern times, the 2,500 [[Muong people|Muong]] people who live, farm, and hunt in the park have disagreed with the government of Vietnam. In 1987, the government made 500 Muong move away from the park because they were [[poaching|catching animals]] and using the land in ways the government did not allow.<ref name=wcmc>{{cite web |publisher=World Conservation Monitoring Centre |url=http://www.wcmc.org.uk/infoserv/countryp/vietnam/app7.html |title=Appendix 7 Selected Protected Areas Accounts |accessdate=2006-07-07 |archiveurl=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20011127060441/http://www.wcmc.org.uk/infoserv/countryp/vietnam/app7.html |archivedate=2001-11-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref> == Land and weather== Cúc Phương is in the hills of the northern [[Annamite Range|Annamite Mountain Range]]. The park has mountains with [[karst]] rock a