# Jinan Zoo

- **Country:** China
- **Coordinates:** 36.674850, 117.017550
- **Opened:** 1960
- **Location:** Jinan, China
- **Zoo Name:** Jinan Zoo
- **Date Opened:** 1 May 1960
- **Num Animals:** 30000
- **Num Species:** 260
- **Annual Visitors:** 1000000

Jinan Zoo , formerly known as Taurus Park, is a zoo located in the northern part of Jinan in Shandong province in Eastern China. Founded in October 1959, it opened 1 May 1960 and was renamed Jinan Zoo on 8 September 1989.

![Photo of Jinan Zoo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Jinan_Zoo_2008121144836470.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinan_Zoo (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)