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Year Name of the property Country Type Region Property (ha) ID
1979 Ancient City of Damascus SY C ARB 86 20
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
1981 Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve * CI N AFR 17,540 155
1981 Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve * GN N AFR 17,540 155
1982 Archaeological Site of Sabratha LY C ARB 91 184
1982 Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve HN N LAC 350,000 196
1982 Selous Game Reserve TZ N AFR 5,120,000 199
1986 Old Town of Ghadamès LY C ARB 288 362
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
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
2004 Tomb of Askia ML C AFR 4 1139
2023 Landmarks of the Ancient Kingdom of Saba, Marib YE C ARB 375 1700
2024 Saint Hilarion Monastery/ Tell Umm Amer PS C ARB 1 1749

*: 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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