Africa has 114 UNESCO heritage sites within 35 countries. The African heritage sites are categorized by cultural heritage sites, Natural heritage sites, mixed heritage sites (mixed heritage sites means the sites are under natural heritage qualifications and cultural heritage qualifications together as one heritage site) and sites that are in danger list. Within the African continent 23 Natural Heritage Sites, 73 Cultural Heritage Sites, 5 Mixed Heritage sites and 13 Heritage sites are under danger list.
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African UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Algeria - Total Sites (7) Natural (0) Cultural (6) Mixed (1) Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad
Djémila
M'Zab Valley
Timgad
Tipasa
Kasbah of Algiers
Mixed Sites
Tassili n'Ajjer
Benin - Total Sites (1) Natural (0) Cultural (1) Mixed (0) Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Royal Palaces of Abomey
Botswana - Total Sites (1) Natural (0) Cultural (1) Mixed (0) Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Tsodilo
Burkina - Total Sites (1) Natural (0) Cultural (1) Mixed (0) Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Ruins of Loropéni
Cameroon - Total Sites (1) Natural (1) Cultural (0) Mixed (0) Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Dja Faunal Reserve
Cape Verde - Total Sites (1) Natural (0) Cultural (1) Mixed (0) Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande
Central African Republic - Total Sites (1) Natural (0) Cultural (0) Mixed (0) Under Danger (1)
Sites under danger
Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park
Congo - Total Sites (5) Natural (0) Cultural (0) Mixed (0) Under Danger (5)
Sites under danger
Virunga National Park
Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Garamba National Park
Salonga National Park
Okapi Wildlife Reserve
Ethiopia - Total Sites (9) Natural (0) Cultural (8) Mixed (0) Under Danger (1)
Cultural Sites
Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela
Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region
Aksum
Lower Valley of the Awash
Lower Valley of the Omo
Tiya
Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town
Konso Cultural Landscape
Sites under danger
Simien National Park
Gabon - Total Sites (1) Natural (0) Cultural (0) Mixed (1) Under Danger (0)
Mixed Sites
Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda
Gambia - Total Sites (2) Natural (0) Cultural (2) Mixed (0) Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites
Stone Circles of Senegambia
Ghana - Total Sites (2) Natural (0) Cultural (2) Mixed (0) Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions
Asante Traditional Buildings
Guinea - Total Sites (1) Natural (0) Cultural (0) Mixed (0) Under Danger (1)
Sites under danger
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
Kenya - Total Sites (6) Natural (3) Cultural (3) Mixed (0) Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Lake Turkana National Parks
Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley
Cultural Sites
Lamu Old Town
Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests
Fort Jesus, Mombasa
Libya - Total Sites (5) Natural (0) Cultural (5) Mixed (0) Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Archaeological Site of Cyrene
Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna
Archaeological Site of Sabratha
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
Old Town of Ghadamès
Madagascar - Total Sites (3) Natural (1) Cultural (1) Mixed (0) Under Danger (1)
Natural Sites
Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve
Cultural Sites
Royal Hill of Ambohimanga
Sites under danger
Rainforests of the Atsinanana
Malawi - Total Sites (2) Natural (1) Cultural (1) Mixed (0) Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Lake Malawi National Park
Cultural Sites
Chongoni Rock-Art Area
Mali - Total Sites (4) Natural (0) Cultural (3) Mixed (1) Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Old Towns of Djenné
Timbuktu
Tomb of Askia
Mixed Sites
Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)
Mauritania - Total Sites (2) Natural (1) Cultural (1) Mixed (0) Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Banc d'Arguin National Park
Cultural Sites
Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata
Mauritius - Total Sites (2) Natural (0) Cultural (2) Mixed (0) Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Aapravasi Ghat
Le Morne Cultural Landscape
Morocco - Total Sites (8) Natural (0) Cultural (8) Mixed (0) Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Medina of Fez
Medina of Marrakesh
Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
Historic City of Meknes
Archaeological Site of Volubilis
Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin)
Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador)
Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida)
Mozambique - Total Sites (1) Natural (0) Cultural (1) Mixed (0) Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Island of Mozambique>
Namibia - Total Sites (1) Natural (0) Cultural (1) Mixed (0) Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes
Niger - Total Sites (2) Natural (1) Cultural (0) Mixed (0) Under Danger (1)
Natural Sites
W National Park of Niger
Sites under danger
Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves
Nigeria - Total Sites (2) Natural (0) Cultural (2) Mixed (0) Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Sukur Cultural Landscape
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
Senegal - Total Sites (6) Natural (0) Cultural (4) Mixed (0) Under Danger (1)
Natural Sites
Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
Cultural Sites
Island of Gorée
Island of Saint-Louis
Stone Circles of Senegambia
Saloum Delta
Sites under danger
Niokolo-Koba National Park
Seychelles - Total Sites (2) Natural (2) Cultural (0) Mixed (0) Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Aldabra Atoll
Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve
South Africa - Total Sites (8) Natural (3) Cultural (4) Mixed (1) Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
Vredefort Dome
Cultural Sites
Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs
Robben Island
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape
Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape
Mixed Sites
uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park
Sudan - Total Sites (2) Natural (0) Cultural (2) Mixed (0) Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region
Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe
Tanzania - Total Sites (7) Natural (3) Cultural (2) Mixed (1) Under Danger (1)
Natural Sites
Serengeti National Park
Selous Game Reserve
Kilimanjaro National Park
Cultural Sites
Stone Town of Zanzibar
Kondoa Rock-Art Sites
Mixed Sites
Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Sites under danger
Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara
Togo - Total Sites (1) Natural (0) Cultural (1) Mixed (0) Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba
Tunisia - Total Sites (8) Natural (1) Cultural (7) Mixed (0) Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Ichkeul National Park
Cultural Sites
Amphitheatre of El Jem
Archaeological Site of Carthage
Medina of Tunis
Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis
Kairouan
Medina of Sousse
Dougga / Thugga
Uganda - Total Sites (3) Natural (2) Cultural (0) Mixed (0) Under Danger (1)
Natural Sites
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Rwenzori Mountains National Park
Sites under danger
Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi
Zambia - Total Sites (1) Natural (1) Cultural (0) Mixed (0) Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls
Zimbabwe - Total Sites (5) Natural (2) Cultural (3) Mixed (0) Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas
Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls
Cultural Sites
Great Zimbabwe National Monument
Khami Ruins National Monument
Matobo Hills
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