List of UNESCO World Heritage in Africa

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This page lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the continent of Africa, sorted by country . More detailed representations with a brief description and pictures of the world heritage sites can be found in the linked overview articles on the world heritage of the individual states.

  • The number at the beginning of each line indicates the year the site was added to the World Heritage List.
  • Sites of the world cultural heritage are marked with " K ", sites of the world natural heritage with " N ", mixed sites with " K / N ".
  • World Heritage sites that UNESCO has classified as particularly endangered and entered on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger are also marked with an " R ".

Egypt

Egypt also has a World Heritage Site in Asia .

Algeria

Angola

  • 2017 - Mbanza Kongo , relics of the capital of the former Kingdom of the Congo (K)

Ethiopia

Benin

Botswana

Rock paintings in Tsodilo

Burkina Faso

Ivory Coast

Antelopes in the Comoé National Park

Eritrea

  • 2017 - Asmara : A Modernist City of Africa (K)

France

(Reunion)

Gabon

Landscape in the Lopé National Park
  • 2007 - Lopé-Okanda ecosystem and relict cultural landscape (C / N)

Gambia

Ghana

Cape Coast Castle

Guinea

Yemen

Cameroon

The Dja River near Somalomo

Cape Verde

Kenya

Mount Kenya

Democratic Republic of Congo

Nyiragongo lava lake in Virunga National Park

Republic of the Congo

Lesotho

Libya

Rock painting in the Tadrart Acacus

Madagascar

Ambohimanga Royal Hill

Malawi

Mali

Sankore Mosque in Timbuktu

Morocco

Hassan Tower in Rabat
  • 1981 - Medina of Fès (K)
  • 1985 - Medina of Marrakech (1985)
  • 1987 - Fortified city of Ait-Ben-Haddou (K)
  • 1996 - Historic city of Meknes (K)
  • 1997 - Volubilis excavation site (K)
  • 1997 - Medina of Tétouan (Titwan) (K)
  • 2001 - Essaouira Medina (Mogador) (K)
  • 2004 - Portuguese city of Mazagan (El Jadida) (K)
  • 2012 - Rabat , modern capital and historical city: a common heritage (K)

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mozambique

Namibia

Satellite image of the Namib Desert

ǀUi-ǁaes

Niger

Nigeria

Zambia

Senegal

The Gambia River in the Niokolo-Koba National Park

Seychelles

Zimbabwe

South Africa

Sudan

Pyramids of Meroe

Tanzania

Togo

Chad

Tunisia

Carthage archaeological site

Uganda

Central African Republic

See also

For countries in Africa that do not yet have a World Heritage Site but have already submitted a tentative list , see:

For countries in Africa that have ratified the World Heritage Convention but have not yet submitted a tentative list, see:

Web links

  • UNESCO database with extensive descriptions of the individual sites ( English , French )