World Heritage in Chad

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World Heritage Sites in Chad

The World Heritage in Chad (as of 2018) includes two UNESCO World Heritage sites , including a World Heritage Site and a mixed cultural and natural heritage site. The Chad has ratified the World Heritage Convention in 1999, the first World Heritage site was inscribed on the World Heritage List 2012th The last World Heritage site to date was registered in 2016.

World heritage sites

The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Chad in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion in the World Heritage List (K - cultural heritage, N - natural heritage, K / N - mixed, (R) - on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger ).

image designation year Type Ref. description
Ounianga Lakes
Ounianga Lakes
( location )
2012 N 1400 The lakes of Ounianga are a series of lakes in northeastern Chad where the trade winds have created headlands that run north-south
Natural and cultural landscape of the Ennedi massif
Natural and cultural landscape of the Ennedi massif
( location )
2016 K / N 1475 The Ennedi massif is a sandstone mountain range with petroglyphs (rock drawings)

Tentative list

The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list . As of 2018, eight sites are entered in the tentative list of Chad, the last entry was made in 2018. The following table lists the sites in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion in the tentative list.

f1Georeferencing Map with all coordinates of current World Heritage candidates: OSM

image designation year Type Ref. description
Metallurgical site Begon II 2005 K 2049 Iron mining site from the 9th to 11th centuries near the village of Begon II
Site of early hominids in the Djurab desert
Site of early hominids in the Djurab desert 2005 N 2050 with the sites of Koro Toro , Kollé , Kossom Bougoudi and Toros-Menalla
Lake Chad
Satellite image
(further images)
Lake Chad
( location )
2005 N 2051
Wara ruins
Wara ruins
( Lage )
2005 K 2052
The strange iron mines of Télé-Nugar 2005 K 2054
Rock engravings and paintings by Ennedi and Tibesti 2005 K 2055 Petroglyphs and rock paintings in the area of ​​the Ennedi and Tibesti mountain ranges
BW Zakouma National Park
( location )
2005 N 2056
The cultural landscape around Lake Chad.
The cultural landscape around Lake Chad. 2018 K / N 6360 It is a transnational application from Cameroon , Niger , Nigeria and Chad . Lake Chad has been a natural monument on Chad's tentative list since 2005.

Web links

Commons : World Heritage Sites in Chad  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
  • Chad on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

  1. Chad. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 28, 2017 .
  2. ^ Tentative list of Chad. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 28, 2017 .