World Heritage in Uganda

The World Heritage in Uganda (as of 2016) includes three UNESCO World Heritage Sites , including one World Heritage Site and two World Natural Heritage sites. The African landlocked country Uganda joined the World Heritage Convention in 1987, and the Bwindi Primeval Forest National Park and the Ruwenzori Mountains National Park were added to the World Heritage List in 1994 as the first two world heritage sites. The graves of the Buganda kings in Kasubi were registered in 2001 as the last world heritage site in Uganda ; they have been on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger since 2010 .

World heritage sites

This table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Uganda 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 ).

 Map with all coordinates of World Heritage Sites: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
(more pictures)	Bwindi Primeval Forest National Park ( location )	1994	N	682
(more pictures)	Ruwenzori Mountains National Park ( location )	1994	N	684
(more pictures)	Tombs of the Buganda kings in Kasubi ( Lage )	2001	K (R)	1022	has been on the red list since 2010

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) five sites are entered in the tentative list of Uganda, the last entry was made in 2007. 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
	Bigo Bya Mugenyi ( location )	1997	K	911
	Kibiro ( location )	1997	K	912	Traditional salt production in the village of Kibiro on Lake Albert dates back 800 to 900 years.
	Ntusi ( location )	1997	K	913	Burial mounds from the 10th to 15th centuries
	Nyero rock paintings and other hunter-gatherer rock art sites in eastern Uganda ( Lage )	1997	K	914
	Mgahinga Gorilla National Park ( location )	2007	N	5099

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These sites were previously on the tentative list, but were withdrawn or rejected by UNESCO.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.

 Map with all coordinates of former World Heritage candidates: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Murchison Falls National Park ( location )	1994-1994	N	683

Web links

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

• Uganda on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Uganda. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 10, 2017 . 
2. ^ Tentative list of Uganda. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 10, 2017 . 
3. ^ Former Tentative Sites of Uganda. In: World Heritage Site. Retrieved June 20, 2017 (English). 

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