World Heritage in Zimbabwe

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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 ).

f1Georeferencing Map with all coordinates of World Heritage Sites: OSM

image designation year Type Ref. description
Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas
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
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
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
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
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
Ziwa National Monument
Ziwa National Monument 1997 K 903 Ruins of the Iron Age civilization
Naletale Cluster of Dzimbabwe
Naletale Cluster of Dzimbabwe 2018 K 6364 16th century ruins of the Kalanga people

Web links

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

Individual evidence

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