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Sites:Salonga National Parkclose Simien National Parkclose Royal Palaces of Abomeyclose Okavango Deltaclose Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Parkclose Historic Town of Grand-Bassamclose Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserveclose Kahuzi-Biega National Parkclose Okapi Wildlife Reserveclose Virunga National Parkclose Lake Turkana National Parksclose Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forestclose Maloti-Drakensberg Parkclose Old Towns of Djennéclose Timbuktuclose Tomb of Askiaclose Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areasclose
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Transboundary
12
States Parties with properties out of 195
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Delisted
9
In Danger
5
Cultural
11
Natural
1
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 Kahuzi-Biega National Park CD N AFR 600,000 137
1981 Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve * CI N AFR 17,540 155
1981 Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve * GN N AFR 17,540 155
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
1996 Okapi Wildlife Reserve CD N AFR 1,372,625 718
1997 Lake Turkana National Parks KE N AFR 161,485 801
1997 Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest KE N AFR 202,334 800
2000 Maloti-Drakensberg Park * LS M AFR 249,313 985
2000 Maloti-Drakensberg Park * ZA M AFR 249,313 985
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

*: 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

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