World Heritage in Malawi

The World Heritage in Malawi (as of 2016) includes two UNESCO World Heritage sites , including a World Heritage Site and a World Natural Heritage site. Malawi ratified the World Heritage Convention in 1982, and the first World Heritage site was added to the World Heritage List in 1984. The last World Heritage site to date was registered in 2006.

World heritage sites

The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Malawi 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
	Lake Malawi National Park	N		289	The national park is located on the southern edge of Lake Malawi and is 88 km² in size. The lake contains a wide variety of species.
	Rock art in Chongoni	2006	K	476	There are 127 rock art sites on Mount Chongoni , the oldest possibly being 2500 years old.

Tentative list

The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list . Currently (2016) six sites are entered in the tentative list of Malawi, the last entry was made in 2011. The following table lists the sites in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion in the tentative list.

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image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Mulanje Massif Biosphere Reserve	2000	N	1419	Biosphere reserve in the Mulanje massif
(more pictures)	Nyika National Park ( location )	2000	K / N	1420
	Khulubvi shrine and other shrines of the rain deity Mbona	2011	K	5602
	Malawi's slave routes and Dr. David Livingstone Trail	2011	K	5603
(more pictures)	Chilwa Lake Wetland ( location )	2011	N	5604
	Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve ( location )	2011	N	5605

Web links

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

• Malawi on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Malawi. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 29, 2017 .  
2. ^ Tentative list of Malawi. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 29, 2017 .  

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