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In Danger
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Cultural
42
Natural
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Mixed
Year Name of the property Country Type Region Property (ha) ID
1978 Simien National Park ET N AFR 13,600 9
1979 Virunga National Park # CD N AFR 800,000 63
1980 Garamba National Park CD N AFR 500,000 136
1980 Kahuzi-Biega National Park CD N AFR 600,000 137
1981 Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary SN N AFR 16,000 25
1981 Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve * CI N AFR 17,540 155
1981 Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve * GN N AFR 17,540 155
1981 Niokolo-Koba National Park SN N AFR 913,000 153
1981 Serengeti National Park TZ N AFR 1,476,300 156
1982 Aldabra Atoll SC N AFR 35,000 185
1982 Selous Game Reserve TZ N AFR 5,120,000 199
1982 Taï National Park CI N AFR 508,186 195
1983 Comoé National Park CI N AFR 0 227
1983 Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve SC N AFR 20 261
1984 Lake Malawi National Park MW N AFR 9,400 289
1984 Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas ZW N AFR 676,600 302
1984 Salonga National Park CD N AFR 3,600,000 280
1987 Dja Faunal Reserve CM N AFR 526,000 407
1987 Kilimanjaro National Park TZ N AFR 75,575 403
1988 Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park CF N AFR 1,740,000 475
1989 Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls # * ZW N AFR 6,860 509
1989 Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls # * ZM N AFR 6,860 509
1990 Andrefana Dry Forests MG N AFR 734,298 494
1991 Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves NE N AFR 7,736,000 573
1994 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park UG N AFR 32,092 682
1994 Rwenzori Mountains National Park UG N AFR 99,600 684
1996 Okapi Wildlife Reserve CD N AFR 1,372,625 718
1996 W-Arly-Pendjari Complex * BJ N AFR 1,714,831 749
1996 W-Arly-Pendjari Complex * BF N AFR 1,714,831 749
1996 W-Arly-Pendjari Complex * NE N AFR 1,714,831 749
1997 Lake Turkana National Parks KE N AFR 161,485 801
1997 Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest KE N AFR 202,334 800
1999 iSimangaliso Wetland Park ZA N AFR 239,566 914
2004 Cape Floral Region Protected Areas ZA N AFR 1,094,742 1007
2005 Vredefort Dome ZA N AFR 30,000 1162
2007 Rainforests of the Atsinanana MG N AFR 479,661 1257
2011 Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley KE N AFR 32,034 1060
2012 Lakes of Ounianga TD N AFR 62,808 1400
2012 Sangha Trinational * CF N AFR 746,309 1380
2012 Sangha Trinational * CG N AFR 746,309 1380
2012 Sangha Trinational * CM N AFR 746,309 1380
2013 Namib Sand Sea NA N AFR 3,077,700 1430
2014 Okavango Delta BW N AFR 2,023,590 1432
2018 Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains ZA N AFR 113,137 1575
2021 Ivindo National Park GA N AFR 298,758 1653
2023 Bale Mountains National Park ET N AFR 215,000 111
2023 Forest Massif of Odzala-Kokoua CG N AFR 1,179,376 692
2023 Nyungwe National Park RW N AFR 101,964 1697

*: 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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