List of World Heritage Sites in Africa - Definition and Overview

This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Africa.

Algeria

• Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad
• Casbah of Algiers
• Djémila
• M'Zab Valley
• Tassili n'Ajjer
• Timgad
• Tipasa

Benin

• Royal Palaces of Abomey

Botswana

• Tsodilo

Cameroon

• Dja Faunal Reserve

Central African Republic

• Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park

Côte d'Ivoire

• Comoé National Park
• Taï National Park

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Garamba National Park
• Kahuzi-Biega National Park
• Okapi Wildlife Reserve
• Salonga National Park
• Virunga National Park

Egypt

• Abu Mena
• Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
• Islamic Cairo
• Memphis and its Necropolis - the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
• Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
• Saint Catherine Area

Ethiopia

• Aksum
• Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region
• Lower Valley of the Awash
• Lower Valley of the Omo
• Rock-hewn Churches, Lalibela
• Simien National Park
• Tiya

Gambia

• James Island and Related Sites

Ghana

• Asante Traditional Buildings
• Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions

Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire

• Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve

Kenya

• Lake Turkana National Parks
• Lamu Old Town
• Mount Kenya National Park / Natural Forest

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

• Archaeological Site of Cyrene
• Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna
• Archaeological Site of Sabratha
• Old Town of Ghadames
• Rock-art Sites of Tadrart Acacus

Madagascar

• The Royal Hill of Ambohimanga
• Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve

Malawi

• Lake Malawi National Park

Mali

• Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)
• Old Towns of Djenné
• Timbuktu
• Tomb of Askia

Mauritania

• Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata
• Banc d'Arguin National Park

Morocco

• Archaeological Site of Volubilis
• Historic City of Meknes
• Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
• Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador)
• Medina of Fez
• Medina of Marrakesh
• Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin)
• Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida)

Mozambique

• Island of Mozambique

Niger

• Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves
• W National Park of Niger

Nigeria

• Sukur Cultural Landscape

Senegal

• Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
• Island of Gorée
• Island of Saint-Louis
• Niokolo-Koba National Park

Seychelles

• Aldabra Atoll
• Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve

South Africa

• Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs
• The Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park
• Robben Island
• uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park
• Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape
• Cape Floral Region Protected Areas

Sudan

• Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region

Tanzania

• Kilimanjaro National Park
• Ngorongoro Conservation Area
• Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara
• Selous Game Reserve
• Serengeti National Park
• Stone Town of Zanzibar

Togo

• Koutammakou, Land of the Batammariba

Tunisia

• Amphitheater of El Jem
• Dougga/Thugga
• Ichkeul National Park
• Kairouan
• Medina of Sousse
• Medina of Tunis
• Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis
• Site of Carthage

Uganda

• Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
• Ruwenzori Mountains National Park
• Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi

Zimbabwe

• Great Zimbabwe National Monument
• Khami Ruins National Monument
• Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas
• Mosi-oa-Tunya/Victoria Falls
• Matobo Hills

See also

• List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia
• List of World Heritage Sites in Europe
• List of World Heritage Sites in the Americas

External links

• UNESCO World Heritage Sites (http://www.unesco.org/whc) - Official site
• UNESCO World Heritage Centre (http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31) - Official site
• List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites (http://whc.unesco.org/heritage.htm) - Official site
• VRheritage.org (http://www.vrheritage.org) - documentation of World Heritage Sites