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States Parties with properties out of 195
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Cultural
9
Natural
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Mixed
Year Name of the property Country Type Region Property (ha) ID
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
1986 Great Zimbabwe National Monument ZW C AFR 722 364
1986 Khami Ruins National Monument ZW C AFR 0 365
1989 Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls # * ZM N AFR 6,860 509
1989 Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls # * ZW N AFR 6,860 509
1991 Island of Mozambique MZ C AFR 96 599
1999 Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa ZA C AFR 0 915
1999 iSimangaliso Wetland Park ZA N AFR 239,566 914
1999 Robben Island ZA C AFR 475 916
2000 Maloti-Drakensberg Park * LS M AFR 249,313 985
2000 Maloti-Drakensberg Park * ZA M AFR 249,313 985
2001 Tsodilo BW C AFR 4,800 1021
2003 Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape ZA C AFR 28,169 1099
2003 Matobo Hills ZW C AFR 205,000 306
2004 Cape Floral Region Protected Areas ZA N AFR 1,094,742 1007
2005 Vredefort Dome ZA N AFR 30,000 1162
2006 Chongoni Rock-Art Area MW C AFR 12,640 476
2007 Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape ZA C AFR 160,000 1265
2007 Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes NA C AFR 57 1255
2013 Namib Sand Sea NA N AFR 3,077,700 1430
2014 Okavango Delta BW N AFR 2,023,590 1432
2017 ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape ZA C AFR 959,100 1545
2018 Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains ZA N AFR 113,137 1575

*: 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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Property inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger

Cultural Natural Mixed

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