World Heritage in the Central African Republic

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The World Heritage in the Central African Republic (as of 2018) includes two UNESCO World Heritage sites , both of which are world natural heritage sites. The Central African Republic ratified the World Heritage Convention in 1980, and the Manovo-Gounda Saint Floris National Park was the first World Heritage site to be entered on the World Heritage List in 1988. As the second and so far last World Heritage Site in the Central African Republic, the Dzanga-Ndoki National Park was added to the World Heritage List as part of the cross-border Sangha Trinational in 2012, and the Manovo-Gounda Saint Floris National Park has been on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger since 1997 .

World heritage sites

This table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the Central African Republic 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
BW Manovo-Gounda Saint Floris National Park
( location )
1988 N
(R)
475 on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger since 1997
Sangha Trinational 2012 N 1380 Cross-border World Heritage with Cameroon and the Republic of the Congo , includes the two separate areas of the Dzanga-Ndoki National Park in the Central African Republic ( Lage Dzanga , Lage Ndoki ).

Tentative list

The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list . As of 2018, four sites are entered in the tentative list of the Central African Republic, 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.

f1Georeferencing Map with all coordinates of current World Heritage candidates: OSM

image designation year Type Ref. description
Megaliths of Bouar
Megaliths of Bouar
( location )
2006 K 4003
BW Tata fortified palace of Sultan Sénoussi, Kaga-Kpoungouvou caves and the city of Ndélé
( location )
2006 K 4004 Serial site with three components:
BW Bangui Paleometallurgical Sites
( Location )
2006 K 4005
Rock carvings by Lengo 2006 K 4006
Zinga railway ruins 2006 K 4007
BW Integral reserve of Mbaéré-Bondingué
( location )
2006 N 4009
BW Mbi waterfalls
( location )
2006 N 4010
The hill and the plain, the Ubangi river and the colonial buildings of Bangui
The hill and the plain, the Ubangi river and the colonial buildings of Bangui
( location )
2006 K 4011 The World Heritage Site includes the hill, the plain, the Ubangi and the colonial buildings in the area of Bangui , the capital of the Central African Republic
Forest and reference camp of the Aka-Pygmies of the Central African Republic
Forest and reference housing camp of the Aka pygmies of the Central African Republic
( location )
2006 K / N 4012 includes an area in the Mongoumba Forest in Lobaye Prefecture with camps of the Aka pygmies , the oldest population group in the Central African Republic

Web links

Commons : World Heritage Sites in the Central African Republic  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Central African Republic. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed March 13, 2018 .
  2. ^ Tentative list of the Central African Republic. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed March 13, 2018 .