World Heritage in Tanzania

The world heritage in Tanzania (as of 2017) includes seven UNESCO world heritage sites , including three world cultural heritage sites, three world natural heritage sites and a mixed cultural and natural heritage site. Tanzania ratified the World Heritage Convention in 1977, and the first World Heritage site was added to the World Heritage List in 1979. The last World Heritage site to date was registered in 2006, and one site is on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger .

World heritage sites

The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Tanzania 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 ).

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image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
(more pictures)	Ngorongoro Conservation Area ( location )	1979	K / N	39	originally registered purely as natural heritage, since 2010 also cultural heritage
(more pictures)	Serengeti National Park ( location )	1981	N	156	The Serengeti is a tree-poor savanna in the north of Tanzania and extends to the south of Kenya.
Fort of Kilwa Kisiwani	Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara ruins	1981	K	144	Kilwa Kisiwani ( location ) and Songo Mnara ( location ) are ruins of two port cities from the 13th to 16th centuries, which are located on two islands off the mainland. Was on the red list from 2004 to 2014
	Selous Game Reserve	1982	N (R)	199	on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger since 2014
	Kilimanjaro National Park	1987	N	403	The Kilimanjaro National Park , founded in 1973, includes the Kilimanjaro massif , which includes its rainforests and the mountains Kibo , Mawenzi and Shira .
	Stone city of Zanzibar	2000	K	173	oldest district of Zanzibar City , the capital of the Tanzanian state of Zanzibar
	Rock art sites in Kondoa	2006	K	1183

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

As of 2017, five sites are entered in the tentative list of Tanzania, the last entry was made in 2006. The following table lists the sites in chronological order according to the year they were included in the tentative list.

 Map with all coordinates of current World Heritage candidates: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Oldonyo Murwak	1997	K	848
(more pictures)	Gombe National Park ( location )	1997	N	849	He became famous for the chimpanzees living here and the associated Gombe Chimpanzee War, which has been observed here since 1960 by the British primate researcher Jane Goodall.
(more pictures)	Jozani-Chwaka Bay Nature Reserve ( location )	1997	N	850
	Forests of the Eastern Arc Mountains in Tanzania	2006	N	2085
	Central slave and ivory route	2006	K	2095

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
	Laetoli site ( location )	1989-1996	N		important palaeontological site of fossils from the Pliocene in northern Tanzania
	Engaruka Ruins Park	1989-1996	K
	Tendaguru dinosaur site	1989-1996	N		world-famous depository for dinosaur fossils from the Upper Jurassic
(more pictures)	Lake Manyara National Park ( location )	1989-1996	N
(more pictures)	Tarangire National Park ( location )	1989-1996	N		In northern Tanzania near Lake Manyara . The Tarangire River flows through it.
(more pictures)	Mahale National Park ( location )	1989-1996	N
(more pictures)	Ruaha National Park ( location )	1989-1996	N
	Bagamoyo stone city and Kaole ruins	1997-2003	K

Web links

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

• Tanzania on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tanzania. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 28, 2017 . 
2. ^ Tentative list of Tanzania. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 28, 2017 . 
3. ^ Former Tentative Sites of Tanzania. In: World Heritage Site. Retrieved June 28, 2017 (English). 

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