World Heritage Sites in Africa

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World Heritage Sites in Africa are culturally and naturally significant locations across the African continent recognized by UNESCO for their outstanding universal value and need for protection.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage site grouping
cultural heritage designation
natural heritage designation
designatedBy UNESCO
hasComponentSite Abu Simbel temples
Aksum
Aldabra Atoll
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
Asante Traditional Buildings
Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves
Banc d’Arguin National Park
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)
Cradle of Humankind
Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
Fort Jesus
surface form: Fort Jesus, Mombasa

Cradle of Humankind
surface form: Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa

Garamba National Park
Gough Island
surface form: Gough and Inaccessible Islands

Great Zimbabwe
surface form: Great Zimbabwe National Monument

Gorée Island
surface form: Island of Gorée

Island of Mozambique
Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Kairouan
Lake Nakuru
surface form: Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley

Kilimanjaro National Park
Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba
Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites
Lake Malawi National Park
Lake Turkana National Parks
Lakes of Ounianga
Lamu
surface form: Lamu Old Town

uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park
surface form: Maloti-Drakensberg Park

Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park
Matobo National Park
surface form: Matobo Hills

Medina of Fez
Medina of Marrakesh
Medina of Tunis
Medina of Tetouan
surface form: Medina of Tétouan

Victoria Falls
surface form: Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls

Mount Kenya National Park
Kilimanjaro National Park
surface form: Mount Kilimanjaro National Park

Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
Namib Desert
surface form: Namib Sand Sea

Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Niokolo-Koba National Park
Okapi Wildlife Reserve
Okavango Delta
Old Towns of Djenné
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
Giza Pyramids
surface form: Pyramids of Giza

Tsaratanana Reserve
surface form: Rainforests of the Atsinanana

Robben Island
Lalibela
surface form: Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela

Royal Hill of Ambohimanga
Kilwa Kisiwani
surface form: Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara

Ruins of Loropéni
Rwenzori Mountains National Park
Sangha Trinational
Selous Game Reserve
Serengeti National Park
Simien Mountains
surface form: Simien National Park

Stone Town
surface form: Stone Town of Zanzibar

Sukur Cultural Landscape
Sundarbans (African sites do not include this; excluded)
Timbuktu
Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve
Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve
Victoria Falls
Virunga National Park
W-Arly-Pendjari Complex
iSimangaliso Wetland Park
uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park
hasCriterion outstanding universal value
hasPurpose conservation of cultural heritage
conservation of natural heritage
heritage protection
locatedIn Africa

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Cradle of Humankind partOf World Heritage Sites in Africa
Garamba National Park partOfNetwork World Heritage Sites in Africa
Royal Stables of Meknes category World Heritage Sites in Africa
this entity surface form: World Heritage Sites in Morocco