World Heritage in Botswana

The World Heritage in Botswana (as of 2016) includes two UNESCO World Heritage Sites , including a World Heritage Site and a World Natural Heritage Site. Botswana acceded to the World Heritage Convention in 1998, and the first World Heritage site was added to the World Heritage List in 2001. The last World Heritage site to date was registered in 2014.

World heritage sites

The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Botswana in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion on 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
	Tsodilo ( location )	2001	K	1021	includes the Tsodilo hills with their rock paintings
	Okavango Delta ( location )	2014	N	1432	The inland delta of the Okavango forms with over 20,000 square kilometers one of the largest and most animal-rich wetlands in Africa.

Tentative list

The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list . Currently (2018) seven sites are entered in the tentative list of Botswana, the last entry was made in 2010. The following table lists the sites in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion in the tentative list.

 Map with all coordinates of current World Heritage candidates: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Toutswemogala Hill ( location )	1999	K	1340	Iron Age settlement
	Central Kalahari Game Reserve ( location )	2010	K / N	5555
	Chobe-Linyanti system	2010	N	5556	includes Chobe National Park and the Linyanti River
	Mapungubwe cultural landscape	2010	K	5557	joint proposal with Zimbabwe and South Africa to expand the existing world heritage site in South Africa. The Northern Tuli Game Reserve ( location ) is suggested from Botswana .
	Gcwihaba caves	2010	N	558
(more pictures)	Makgadikgadi salt pans ( location )	2010	K / N	559
	Tswapong Hills cultural landscape	2010	K	5560

Web links

Commons : World Heritage Sites in Botswana  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Botswana on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Botswana. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed May 27, 2017 . 
2. ^ Tentative list of Botswana. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed May 27, 2017 . 

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap