World Heritage in Mozambique

A UNESCO World Heritage Site is part of the World Heritage in Mozambique (as of 2016) . Mozambique ratified the World Heritage Convention in 1982, and the only World Heritage site to date was added to the World Heritage List in 1991.

World heritage sites

The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Mozambique 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
	Mozambique Island	1991	K	599	Historic city and island

Tentative list

The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list .

Current World Heritage candidates

Currently (2016) four sites are entered in the tentative list of Mozambique, the last entry was made in 2008. The following table lists the sites in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion in the tentative list.

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Manyikeni and Chibuene	1997	K	919	Manyikeni and Chibuene archaeological sites
	Quirimbas Archipelago	2008	K / N	5380	The Quirimbas Archipelago consists of 30 small coral islands
	Mountain landscape Vumba	2008	N	5381	The Mozambican part of the Bvumba mountain world, with the "holy mountain" Chinhamapere
	Ponta do Ouro marine reserve	2008	N	5382	Marine reserve off the coast of Ponta do Ouro in the Matutuíne district

Former World Heritage candidates

These sites were previously on the tentative list, but were withdrawn or rejected by UNESCO. Sites that are included in other entries on the tentative list or that are part of world heritage sites are not taken into account here.

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Gorongosa region	1990-1997	?
	Large Inselberg archipelago of northern Mozambique	1990-1997	?
	Riane rock paintings	1990-1997	?

Web links

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

• Mozambique on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Mozambique. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 27, 2017 . 
2. ^ Tentative list of Mozambique. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 27, 2017 . 
3. ^ Former Tentative Sites of Mozambique. In: World Heritage Site. Retrieved June 27, 2017 (English). 

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