World Heritage List
1978
- Island of Gorée (Senegal)
1979
- Amphitheatre of El Jem (Tunisia)
- Ancient City of Damascus (Syrian Arab Republic)
- Archaeological Site of Carthage (Tunisia)
- Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions (Ghana)
- Historic Cairo (Egypt)
- Ngorongoro Conservation Area (United Republic of Tanzania) 1
- Virunga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo) #
1980
- Aksum (Ethiopia)
- Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad (Algeria)
- Garamba National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Ichkeul National Park (Tunisia)
- Kahuzi-Biega National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Lower Valley of the Awash (Ethiopia)
- Lower Valley of the Omo (Ethiopia)
1981
- Darien National Park (Panama)
- Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary (Senegal)
- Medina of Fez (Morocco)
- Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (Côte d'Ivoire) *
- Niokolo-Koba National Park (Senegal)
- Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara (United Republic of Tanzania)
- Serengeti National Park (United Republic of Tanzania)
- Willandra Lakes Region (Australia)
1982
- Archaeological Site of Sabratha (Libya)
- Djémila (Algeria)
- National History Park – Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers (Haiti)
- Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve (Honduras)
- Selous Game Reserve (United Republic of Tanzania)
- Taï National Park (Côte d'Ivoire)
- Timgad (Algeria)
1983
- Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores (Portugal)
- Comoé National Park (Côte d'Ivoire)
1984
- Lake Malawi National Park (Malawi)
- Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas (Zimbabwe)
- Salonga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
1985
- Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia (Brazil)
- Medina of Marrakesh (Morocco)
- Royal Palaces of Abomey (Benin)
1986
- Garajonay National Park (Spain)
- Great Zimbabwe National Monument (Zimbabwe)
- Khami Ruins National Monument (Zimbabwe)
- Old Town of Ghadamès (Libya)
1987
- Bahla Fort (Oman)
- Dja Faunal Reserve (Cameroon)
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Germany) * 2
- Kilimanjaro National Park (United Republic of Tanzania)
1988
- Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park (Central African Republic)
- Old Towns of Djenné (Mali)
- Timbuktu (Mali)
1989
- Banc d'Arguin National Park (Mauritania)
- Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) (Mali)
1990
- Colonial City of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
1991
- Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves (Niger)
- Island of Mozambique (Mozambique)
1992
- Kasbah of Algiers (Algeria)
1994
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda)
- Doñana National Park (Spain)
- Rwenzori Mountains National Park (Uganda)
1996
- Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata (Mauritania)
- Historic City of Meknes (Morocco)
- Okapi Wildlife Reserve (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Sceilg Mhichíl (Ireland)
- W-Arly-Pendjari Complex (Benin) *
1997
- Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá (Panama)
- Archaeological Site of Volubilis (Morocco)
- Dougga / Thugga (Tunisia)
- Heard and McDonald Islands (Australia)
- Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Curaçao (Netherlands (Kingdom of the))
- Lake Turkana National Parks (Kenya)
- Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin) (Morocco)
- Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest (Kenya)
1999
- Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
- Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa (South Africa)
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park (South Africa)
- Robben Island (South Africa)
- Viñales Valley (Cuba)
2000
- Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba (Cuba)
- Archaeological Site of Atapuerca (Spain)
- Central Amazon Conservation Complex (Brazil) 3
- Island of Saint-Louis (Senegal)
- Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba (Argentina)
- Maloti-Drakensberg Park (Lesotho) *
- Palmeral of Elche (Spain)
- Stone Town of Zanzibar (United Republic of Tanzania)
2001
- Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves (Brazil)
- Historic Centre of Guimarães and Couros Zone (Portugal)
- Lamu Old Town (Kenya)
- Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador) (Morocco)
- Royal Hill of Ambohimanga (Madagascar)
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch (Switzerland)
- Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi (Uganda)
- Tsodilo (Botswana)
2003
- Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region (Sudan)
- Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites (Gambia)
- Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (South Africa)
- Matobo Hills (Zimbabwe)
- White City of Tel-Aviv – the Modern Movement (Israel)
2004
- Cape Floral Region Protected Areas (South Africa)
- Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida) (Morocco)
- Tomb of Askia (Mali)
2005
- Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove (Nigeria)
- Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos (Cuba)
- Vredefort Dome (South Africa)
2006
- Aapravasi Ghat (Mauritius)
- Chongoni Rock-Art Area (Malawi)
- Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town (Ethiopia)
- Kondoa Rock-Art Sites (United Republic of Tanzania)
- Stone Circles of Senegambia (Gambia) *
- Vizcaya Bridge (Spain)
2007
- Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda (Gabon)
- Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape (South Africa)
- Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes (Namibia)
2008
- Le Morne Cultural Landscape (Mauritius)
- Saryarka – Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan)
- Socotra Archipelago (Yemen)
2009
- Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande (Cabo Verde)
- Ruins of Loropéni (Burkina Faso)
- Wadden Sea (Denmark) *
2010
- The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur (India)
2011
- Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe (Sudan)
- Fort Jesus, Mombasa (Kenya)
- Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison (Barbados)
- Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley (Kenya)
- Saloum Delta (Senegal)
2012
- Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong Valley (Malaysia)
- Historic Town of Grand-Bassam (Côte d'Ivoire)
- Major Mining Sites of Wallonia (Belgium)
- Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared Heritage (Morocco)
- Sangha Trinational (Cameroon) *
- Western Ghats (India)
2013
- Namib Sand Sea (Namibia)
2014
- Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire (Türkiye)
- Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah (Saudi Arabia)
- Okavango Delta (Botswana)
2015
- Blue and John Crow Mountains (Jamaica)
2016
2017
- Asmara: A Modernist African City (Eritrea)
- Mbanza Kongo, Vestiges of the Capital of the former Kingdom of Kongo (Angola)
- Valongo Wharf Archaeological Site (Brazil)
- ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape (South Africa)
2018
- Ancient City of Qalhat (Oman)
- Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains (South Africa)
- Thimlich Ohinga Archaeological Site (Kenya)
2019
2021
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes (Germany) *
- Ivindo National Park (Gabon)
- Sudanese style mosques in northern Côte d’Ivoire (Côte d'Ivoire)
- The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
- Trans-Iranian Railway (Iran (Islamic Republic of))
2023
- Bale Mountains National Park (Ethiopia)
- Forest Massif of Odzala-Kokoua (Congo)
- Jodensavanne Archaeological Site: Jodensavanne Settlement and Cassipora Creek Cemetery (Suriname)
- Landmarks of the Ancient Kingdom of Saba, Marib (Yemen)
- Nyungwe National Park (Rwanda)
- The Gedeo Cultural Landscape (Ethiopia)
2024
- Brâncuși Monumental Ensemble of Târgu Jiu (Romania)
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia (Romania)
- Human Rights, Liberation and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites (South Africa)
- Saint Hilarion Monastery/ Tell Umm Amer (State of Palestine)
- The Emergence of Modern Human Behaviour: The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa (South Africa)
- The Historic Town and Archaeological Site of Gedi (Kenya)
Notes
(renomination under cultural criteria)
The “Hadrian’s Wall” which was previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the transnational property “Frontiers of the Roman Empire”.
Extension of "Jaú National Park".
#: 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
Legend
Category of property
Cultural 
Natural 
Mixed
Property inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger
Cultural 
Natural 
Mixed
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