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By Region: Africaclose
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103
Properties
7
Transboundary
36
States Parties with properties out of 195
0
Delisted
14
In Danger
56
Cultural
42
Natural
5
Mixed

Also protected by

Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Cabo Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo
Côte d'Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Kenya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Senegal
Seychelles
South Africa
Togo
Uganda
United Republic of Tanzania
Zimbabwe

Also protected by RAMSAR

Also protected by Biosphere Reserves

Also protected by Second Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict

Also protected by 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

Notes

  1. (renomination under cultural criteria)

*: transboundary property

#: As for 19 Natural and Mixed Properties inscribed for geological values before 1994, criteria numbering of this property has changed. See Decision 30.COM 8D.1

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Cultural Natural Mixed

Property inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger

Cultural Natural Mixed

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