World Heritage in Zimbabwe
The world heritage in Zimbabwe (as of 2016) includes five UNESCO world heritage sites , including three world cultural heritage sites and two world natural heritage sites. Zimbabwe 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 2003.
World heritage sites
The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Zimbabwe 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 ).
Map with all coordinates of World Heritage Sites: OSM
image | designation | year | Type | Ref. | description |
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Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas | 1984 | N | 302 | The Mana Pools National Park with the associated safari areas Sapi and Chewore is located in the Urungwe District in the West Mashonaland region in West Zimbabwe. | |
Great Zimbabwe National Monument ( location ) |
1988 | K | 364 | in the 11th to 15th century capital of the defunct Munhumutapa empire which, in addition to today's Zimbabwe and parts of Mozambique included | |
National Monument Ruins of Khami | 1988 | K | 365 | in the 15th and 17th centuries the center of Torwa -state that the Kingdom of Mutapa competed. | |
Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls | 1989 | N | 509 | cross-border world heritage in Zambia and Zimbabwe, includes the Victoria Falls National Park and parts of the Zambezi National Park in Zimbabwe | |
Matobo mountains | 2003 | K | 306 | Mountain range with a high dyke of rock art |
Tentative list
The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list . Currently (2018) two sites are entered on the tentative list of Zimbabwe. 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 |
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Ziwa National Monument | 1997 | K | 903 | Ruins of the Iron Age civilization | |
Naletale Cluster of Dzimbabwe | 2018 | K | 6364 | 16th century ruins of the Kalanga people |
Web links
- Zimbabwe on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Zimbabwe. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 28, 2017 .
- ^ Tentative list of Zimbabwe. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 28, 2017 .