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Sites:Salonga National Parkclose Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammaribaclose Royal Palaces of Abomeyclose W-Arly-Pendjari Complexclose Okavango Deltaclose Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Parkclose Historic Town of Grand-Bassamclose Garamba National Parkclose Kahuzi-Biega National Parkclose Ivindo National Parkclose Lake Turkana National Parksclose Maloti-Drakensberg Parkclose Old Towns of Djennéclose Timbuktuclose Tomb of Askiaclose Niokolo-Koba National Parkclose Bwindi Impenetrable National Parkclose Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areasclose
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States Parties with properties out of 195
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Cultural
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Natural
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Mixed
Year Name of the property Country Type Region Property (ha) ID
1980 Garamba National Park CD N AFR 500,000 136
1980 Kahuzi-Biega National Park CD N AFR 600,000 137
1981 Niokolo-Koba National Park SN N AFR 913,000 153
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
1985 Royal Palaces of Abomey BJ C AFR 48 323
1988 Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park CF N AFR 1,740,000 475
1988 Old Towns of Djenné ML C AFR 0 116
1988 Timbuktu ML C AFR 0 119
1994 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park UG N AFR 32,092 682
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
2000 Maloti-Drakensberg Park * LS M AFR 249,313 985
2000 Maloti-Drakensberg Park * ZA M AFR 249,313 985
2004 Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba * BJ C AFR 271,826 1140
2004 Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba * TG C AFR 271,826 1140
2004 Tomb of Askia ML C AFR 4 1139
2012 Historic Town of Grand-Bassam CI C AFR 110 1322
2014 Okavango Delta BW N AFR 2,023,590 1432
2021 Ivindo National Park GA N AFR 298,758 1653

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Cultural Natural Mixed

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