List of World Heritage Sites in Africa

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This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Africa.

Contents

  1. Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad
  2. Casbah of Algiers
  3. Djémila
  4. M'Zab Valley
  5. Tassili n'Ajjer
  6. Timgad
  7. Tipasa

  1. Royal Palaces of Abomey

  1. Tsodilo

  1. Dja Faunal Reserve

  1. Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park

  1. Comoé National Park
  2. Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (shared with Guinea)
  3. Taï National Park

  1. Garamba National Park
  2. Kahuzi-Biega National Park
  3. Okapi Wildlife Reserve
  4. Salonga National Park
  5. Virunga National Park

  1. Abu Mena
  2. Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
  3. Islamic Cairo
  4. Memphis and its Necropolis
  5. Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
  6. Saint Catherine Area
  7. Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)

  1. Aksum
  2. Fasil Ghebbi, Amhara Region near Gondar
  3. The fortified historic city of Harar
  4. Lower Valley of the Awash River
  5. Lower Valley of the Omo
  6. Rock-hewn Churches, Lalibela
  7. Semien Mountains National Park
  8. Tiya

  1. James Island and Related Sites
  2. Senegambian stone circles (shared with Senegal)

  1. Asante Traditional Buildings
  2. Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions

  1. Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (shared with Côte d'Ivoire)

  1. Lake Turkana National Parks
  2. Lamu Old Town
  3. Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest

  1. Archaeological Site of Cyrene
  2. Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna
  3. Archaeological Site of Sabratha
  4. Old Town of Ghadames
  5. Rock-art Sites of Tadrart Acacus

  1. The Royal Hill of Ambohimanga
  2. Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve

  1. Chongoni Rock Art Area
  2. Lake Malawi National Park

  1. Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)
  2. Old Towns of Djenné
  3. Timbuktu
  4. Tomb of Askia

  1. Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata
  2. Banc d'Arguin National Park

  1. Aapravasi Ghat

  1. Archaeological Site of Volubilis
  2. Historic City of Meknes
  3. Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
  4. Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador)
  5. Medina of Fez
  6. Medina of Marrakesh
  7. Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin)
  8. Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida)

  1. Island of Mozambique

  1. Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves
  2. W National Park

  1. Sukur Cultural Landscape
  2. Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove

  1. Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
  2. Island of Gorée
  3. Island of Saint-Louis
  4. Niokolo-Koba National Park
  5. Senegambian stone circles (shared with Gambia)

  1. Aldabra Atoll
  2. Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve

  1. Fossil hominid sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, Klasies River Caves and environs. (The Cradle of Humankind.)
  2. The Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park
  3. Robben Island
  4. Drakensberg Park
  5. Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape
  6. Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
  7. Vredefort Dome
  8. Waterberg Biosphere

  1. Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region

  1. Kilimanjaro National Park
  2. Kondoa Rock Art Sites
  3. Ngorongoro Conservation Area
  4. Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara
  5. Selous Game Reserve
  6. Serengeti National Park
  7. Stone Town, Zanzibar

  1. Koutammakou, Land of the Batammariba

  1. Amphitheatre of El Jem
  2. Dougga/Thugga
  3. Ichkeul National Park
  4. Kairouan
  5. Medina of Sousse
  6. Medina of Tunis
  7. Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis
  8. Site of Carthage

  1. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
  2. Ruwenzori Mountains National Park
  3. Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi

  1. Mosi-oa-Tunya/Victoria Falls (shared with Zimbabwe)

  1. Great Zimbabwe National Monument
  2. Khami Ruins National Monument
  3. Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas
  4. Mosi-oa-Tunya/Victoria Falls (shared with Zambia)
  5. Matobo Hills


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