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Sites:Simien National Parkclose Selous Game Reserveclose Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammaribaclose Royal Palaces of Abomeyclose Okavango Deltaclose Historic Town of Grand-Bassamclose Garamba National Parkclose Kahuzi-Biega National Parkclose Okapi Wildlife Reserveclose Virunga National Parkclose Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okandaclose Ivindo National Parkclose Lake Turkana National Parksclose Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forestclose Lake Malawi National Parkclose Old Towns of Djennéclose Tomb of Askiaclose Air and Ténéré Natural Reservesclose Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubiclose Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areasclose
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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
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
1982 Selous Game Reserve TZ N AFR 5,120,000 199
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
1985 Royal Palaces of Abomey BJ C AFR 48 323
1988 Old Towns of Djenné ML C AFR 0 116
1991 Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves NE N AFR 7,736,000 573
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
2001 Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi UG C AFR 27 1022
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
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

*: 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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