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38
Properties
0
Transboundary
9
States Parties with properties out of 195
0
Delisted
3
In Danger
22
Cultural
15
Natural
1
Mixed
Year Name of the property Country Type Region Property (ha) ID
1978 Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela ET C AFR 0 18
1978 Simien National Park ET N AFR 13,600 9
1979 Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region ET C AFR 0 19
1979 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 1 TZ M AFR 809,440 39
1980 Aksum ET C AFR 0 15
1980 Lower Valley of the Awash ET C AFR 0 10
1980 Lower Valley of the Omo ET C AFR 0 17
1980 Tiya ET C AFR 0 12
1981 Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara TZ C AFR 0 144
1981 Serengeti National Park TZ N AFR 1,476,300 156
1982 Aldabra Atoll SC N AFR 35,000 185
1982 Selous Game Reserve TZ N AFR 5,120,000 199
1983 Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve SC N AFR 20 261
1987 Kilimanjaro National Park TZ N AFR 75,575 403
1990 Andrefana Dry Forests MG N AFR 734,298 494
1994 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park UG N AFR 32,092 682
1994 Rwenzori Mountains National Park UG N AFR 99,600 684
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 Stone Town of Zanzibar TZ C AFR 96 173
2001 Lamu Old Town KE C AFR 16 1055
2001 Royal Hill of Ambohimanga MG C AFR 59 950
2001 Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi UG C AFR 27 1022
2006 Aapravasi Ghat MU C AFR 0 1227
2006 Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town ET C AFR 48 1189
2006 Kondoa Rock-Art Sites TZ C AFR 233,600 1183
2007 Rainforests of the Atsinanana MG N AFR 479,661 1257
2008 Le Morne Cultural Landscape MU C AFR 350 1259
2008 Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests KE C AFR 1,538 1231
2011 Fort Jesus, Mombasa KE C AFR 2 1295
2011 Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley KE N AFR 32,034 1060
2011 Konso Cultural Landscape ET C AFR 23,000 1333
2017 Asmara: A Modernist African City ER C AFR 481 1550
2018 Thimlich Ohinga Archaeological Site KE C AFR 21 1450
2023 Bale Mountains National Park ET N AFR 215,000 111
2023 Memorial sites of the Genocide: Nyamata, Murambi, Gisozi and Bisesero RW C AFR 25 1586
2023 Nyungwe National Park RW N AFR 101,964 1697
2023 The Gedeo Cultural Landscape ET C AFR 29,620 1641
Notes

  1. (renomination under cultural criteria)

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Category of property

Cultural Natural Mixed

Property inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger

Cultural Natural Mixed

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