World Heritage Sites in Africa

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad	Department of M'Sila, Commune of Maadid Bechara	1980	Cultural
Tassili n'Ajjer	South-eastern part of the Algerian Sahara near the frontiers with Niger and Libya; department of Illizi	1982	Mixed
M'Zab Valley	Department of Laghouat	1982	Cultural
Djémila	Department of Sétif	1982	Cultural
Tipasa1	Department of Tipasa	1982	Cultural
Timgad	Department of Batna	1982	Cultural
Kasbah of Algiers	Algiers	1992	Cultural
1 Inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger from 2002 to 2006.

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Royal Palaces of Abomey1	Zou province	1985	Cultural
1 Inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger from 1985 to 2007. Site extended in 2007.

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Tsodilo Rock Art

Kalahari Desert, Ngamilan district, north-west Botswana

2001

Cultural

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve	Border between Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, and Liberia; Lola district, about 20 km (12 mi) from the town of Lola	19811	Natural
Taï National Park	Guiglo and Sassandra districts, between the Cavally and Sassandra rivers	1982	Natural
Comoé National Park	Bouna and Ferkéssédougou districts; about 35 km (22 mi) south-west of Bouna	19832	Natural
1 Site extended in 1982. Site inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger in 1992. 2 Site inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger in 2003.

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Dja Faunal Reserve

On the Dja River, Central-Southern and Eastern provinces, 5 km (3 mi) west of Lomié

1987

Natural

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park	Eastern Bamingui-Bangoran province, on the border with Chad	19881	Natural
1 Site inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger in 1997.

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DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Virunga National Park	On the border with Uganda and Rwanda, Nord-Kivu region	19791	Natural
Kahuzi-Biega National Park	50 km (31 mi) west of the town of Bukavu in the Sud-Kivu region, near to Lake Kivu and the border with Rwanda	19802	Natural
Garamba National Park	Orientale region, on the border with Sudan (next to the proposed Lantoto National Park)	19803	Natural
Salonga National Park	Central basin of the Congo River; Équateur, Bandundu, and Kasaï-Oriental regions	19844	Natural
Okapi Wildlife Reserve	Ituri Forest, Orientale	19965	Natural
1 Site inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger in 1994. 2 Site inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger in 1997. 3 Site inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger in 1996. 4 Site inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger in 1999. 5 Site inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger in 1997.

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis	Thebes archaeological complex, including sites at Karnak and Luxor, and the Valley of the Kings	1979	Cultural
Historic Cairo	Cairo	1979	Cultural
Memphis and its Necropolis—the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur	Memphis archaeological complex, near the Nile delta	1979	Cultural
Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae	Abu Simbel, Talmis (New Kalabisha), Beit al-Wali, Qertassi, Elephantine Island, and Philae (Agilika Island), south of Aswan, on the Nasser Lake, River Nile	1979	Cultural
Abu Mena	South-west of Alexandria	19791	Cultural
Saint Catherine Area	Mount Sinai	2002	Cultural
Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)	Faiyum	2005	Natural
1 Inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger in 1999

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela	Lalibela, central Ethiopia	1978	Cultural
Simien National Park	Western Simien Mountains, 120 km (75 mi) north-east of Gondar, Begemder Province	19781	Natural
Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region	Gondar region	1979	Cultural
Aksum	Aksum; northern Ethiopia	1980	Cultural
Lower Valley of the Awash	Awash River	1980	Cultural
Lower Valley of the Omo	Omo River, near Lake Turkana	1980	Cultural
Tiya	Sodo region, south of Addis Ababa	1980	Cultural
Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town	Harar, Harari Region	2006	Cultural
1 Site inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger in 1996.

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda

Ogoué-Ivindo and Ogoué-Lolo Provinces

2007

Mixed

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

James Island and Related Sites	River Gambia	2003	Cultural
Stone Circles of Senegambia	Four groups of stone circles, in a band 100 km wide along the River Gambia, Gambia and Senegal	2006	Cultural

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra Central and Western Regions	Greater Accra and Volta regions	1979	Cultural
Asante Traditional Buildings	Ashanti region	1980	Cultural

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve	Border between Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, and Liberia; Lola district, about 20 km (12 mi) from the town of Lola	19811	Natural
1 Site extended in 1982. Site inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger in 1992.

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest	Central Kenya, about 193 km (120 mi) north-east of Nairobi and about 480 km (298 mi) from the coast	1997	Natural
Lake Turkana National Parks	Marsabit district, Eastern Province	19971	Natural
Lamu Old Town	Lamu Island, Coast Province	2001	Cultural
Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests	Coast Province	2008	Cultural
1 Site extended in 2001.

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna	Al-Khums District	1982	Cultural
Archaeological Site of Sabratha	Zawia District	1982	Cultural
Archaeological Site of Cyrene	Shahhat, Cyrenaica	1982	Cultural
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus	Former province of Fezzan, Sahara, bordering the Tassili N'Ajjer site in Algeria	1985	Cultural
Old Town of Ghadamès	Oasis of Ghadamès, Sahara	1986	Cultural

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve	About 80 km (50 mi) inland from the west coast in the northern sector of the Antsingy region of the Bemaraha Plateau, north of the Manambolo River gorge	1990	Natural
Royal Hill of Ambohimanga	Municipality of Ambohimanga Rova, Province of Antananarivo	2001	Cultural
Rainforests of the Atsinanana	Six national parks in eastern Madagascar	2007	Natural

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Lake Malawi National Park	On and around Nankumba Peninsula, in the Mangochi District of the Southern Region, and the Salima District of the Central Region; includes 12 islands and a 161 km (100 mi) aquatic zone	1984	Natural
Chongoni Rock-Art Area	Dedza District, Central Region, Malawi	2006	Cultural

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Old Towns of Djenné	Djenné, southern Mali	1988	Cultural
Timbuktu	Timbuktu, central Mali	1988	Cultural
Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)	Bandiagara Cliffs, 44 km (27 mi) north-east of the town of Bandiagara and 107 km (66 mi) east of Mopti	1989	Mixed
Tomb of Askia	Gao, eastern Mali	2004	Cultural

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Banc d'Arguin National Park	Nouadhibou and Azefal provinces, on the Atlantic coast, about 150 km (93 mi) south-east of Nouadhibou; extends up to 60 km (37 mi) into the ocean and 35 km (22 mi) into the Sahara	1989	Natural
Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt, and Oualata	Western Sahara Desert; Oualata, Hodh Echchargut region; Chinguetti and Ouadane, Adrar region; Tichitt, Tagant region	1996	Cultural

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Aapravasi Ghat	Port Louis District	2006	Cultural
Le Morne Cultural Landscape	South-west Mauritius	2008	Cultural

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Medina of Fès	Fès, northern Morocco	1981	Cultural
Medina of Marrakesh	Marrakesh, western Morocco	1985	Cultural
Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou	Ait-Ben-Haddou, Ouarzazate Province, southern Morocco	1987	Cultural
Historic City of Meknès	Meknès, northern Morocco	1996	Cultural
Archaeological Site of Volubilis	Meknès Province, northern Morocco	1997	Cultural
Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin)	Tétouan, northern Morocco	1997	Cultural
Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador)	Essaouira, western Morocco	2001	Cultural
Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida)	El Jadida, north-western Morocco	2004	Cultural

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Island of Mozambique

Off the coast, in Mozambique Channel

1991

Cultural

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes

Kunene Region

2007

Cultural

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves	North-central region of the Sahara belonging to Niger; department of Agadez, approximately 160 km (99 mi) north-east of the town of Agadez	19911	Natural
W National Park of Niger	150 km (93 mi) south-east of Niamey, in Niamey Department, on the banks of the River Niger; extends to the borders with Burkina Faso and Benin	1996	Natural
1 Site inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger in 1992

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Sukur Cultural Landscape	Adamawa State	1999	Cultural
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove	Osogbo, Osun State	2005	Cultural

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Island of Gorée	Facing Dakar, off the coast	1978	Cultural
Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary	15 km (9 mi) north of Ross Béthio and about 60 km (37 mi) north-east of St-Louis, on the delta of the Sénégal River, north Senegal	1981	Natural
Niokolo-Koba National Park	South-eastern Senegal, on the River Gambia, close to the border with Guinea	19811	Natural
Island of Saint-Louis	Mouth of the Sénégal River, north-west Senegal	20002	Cultural
Stone Circles of Senegambia	Four groups of stone circles, in a band 100 km wide along the River Gambia, Gambia and Senegal	2006	Cultural
1 Site inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger in 2007 2 Site extended in 2007

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Aldabra Atoll	Atoll in the Mozambique Channel, about 400 km (249 mi) north-west of Madagascar	1982	Natural
Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve	Praslin National Park, Praslin Island, 50 km (31 mi) north-east of Mahé	1983	Natural

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Robben Island	Near Cape Town, Western Cape Province	1999	Cultural
Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs	Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and environs; near Johannesburg, Gauteng	19991	Cultural
Greater St Lucia Wetland Park	Maputaland, KwaZulu-Natal	1999	Natural
uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park	Drakensberg, eastern KwaZulu-Natal (along the border with Lesotho)	2000	Mixed
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape	Limpopo Province (near the border with Botswana and Zimbabwe)	2003	Cultural
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas	Eight protected areas in Western Cape Province and Eastern Cape Province	2004	Natural
Vredefort Dome	Northwest and Free State Provinces	2005	Natural
Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape	Northern Cape	2007	Cultural
1 Site extended in 2005

SITE

LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region

Nubia, northern Sudan

2003

Cultural

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Ngorongoro Conservation Area	North-central Tanzania, Arusha Region	1979	Natural
Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songa Mnara	Islands off the east coast	19811	Cultural
Serengeti National Park	Mara, Arusha, and Shinyanga regions	1981	Natural
Selous Game Reserve	Coast, Morogoro, Lindi, Mtwara, and Ruvuma regions, along rivers Rufiji and Luwegu	1982	Natural
Kilimanjaro National Park	Kilimanjaro Region, on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, on the Kenyan border	1987	Natural
Stone Town of Zanzibar	Island of Zanzibar	2000	Cultural
Kondoa Rock-Art Sites	Dodoma Region	2006	Cultural
1 Inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger in 2004

SITE

LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba

North-eastern Togo

2004

Cultural

SITE

LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Amphitheatre of El Jem	El Jem village, El-Mahdia	1979	Cultural
Site of Carthage	Near Tunis	1979	Cultural
Medina of Tunis	Tunis	1979	Cultural
Ichkeul National Park	Mateur plain, about 30 km (19 mi) south-west of the Mediterranean coast, about 25 km (16 mi) south-west of Bizerte and 15 km (9 mi) north of Mateur, Bizerte District	19801	Natural
Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis	Nabeul governorate	1985	Cultural
Medina of Sousse	Susah, eastern Tunisia	1988	Cultural
Qayrawaan	Qayrawan, northern Tunisia	1988	Cultural
Dougga/Thugga	Beja governorate	1997	Cultural
1 Inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger from 1996-2006

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park	Kigezi highlands, districts of Kabale, Kisoro, and Rukungiri, south-west Uganda; partly borders the Democratic Republic of the Congo	1994	Natural
Rwenzori Mountains National Park	Districts of Bundibugyo, Kabarole, and Kasese, on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo	19941	Natural
Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi	Kasubi, Kampala District	2001	Cultural
1 Site inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger from 1999 to 2004

SITE

LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Mosi-oa-Tunya/Victoria Falls

On the Zambezi River, on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia

1989

Natural

SITE

LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas	North-east of Lake Kariba in the Zambezi Valley, on the south bank of the Zambezi River	1984	Natural
Great Zimbabwe National Monument	Great Zimbabwe	1986	Cultural
Khami Ruins National Monument	Khami site, in the Torwa kingdom of the Shona people	1986	Cultural
Mosi-oa-Tunya/Victoria Falls	On the Zambezi River, on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia	1989	Natural
Matopo Hills	Matabeleland, in south-western Zimbabwe	2003	Cultural