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Sites:Salonga National Parkclose Simien National Parkclose Selous Game Reserveclose Okavango Deltaclose Historic Town of Grand-Bassamclose Garamba National Parkclose Okapi Wildlife Reserveclose Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okandaclose Ivindo National Parkclose Lake Malawi National Parkclose Timbuktuclose Air and Ténéré Natural Reservesclose Djoudj National Bird Sanctuaryclose Bwindi Impenetrable National Parkclose
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In Danger
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Cultural
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Natural
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Year Name of the property Country Type Region Property (ha) ID
1978 Simien National Park ET N AFR 13,600 9
1980 Garamba National Park CD N AFR 500,000 136
1981 Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary SN N AFR 16,000 25
1982 Selous Game Reserve TZ N AFR 5,120,000 199
1984 Lake Malawi National Park MW N AFR 9,400 289
1984 Salonga National Park CD N AFR 3,600,000 280
1988 Timbuktu ML C AFR 0 119
1991 Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves NE N AFR 7,736,000 573
1994 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park UG N AFR 32,092 682
1996 Okapi Wildlife Reserve CD N AFR 1,372,625 718
2007 Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda GA M AFR 491,291 1147
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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