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By Region: Africaclose
Component parts: Allclose
108
Properties
Transboundary
36
States Parties with properties out of 196
0
Delisted
In Danger
Cultural
Natural
Mixed

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Cabo Verde

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Congo

Côte d'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Kenya

Lesotho

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mauritius

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Nigeria

Rwanda

Senegal

Seychelles

South Africa

Togo

Uganda

United Republic of Tanzania

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Notes
  1. (renomination under cultural criteria)

*: 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

Legend
Category of property

Cultural Natural Mixed

Property inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger

Cultural Natural Mixed

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