Tukuk-OS🌍 Africa World Heritage
189 sites · 50 countries · location & significance
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A profile for each of the 189 celebrated World Heritage sites in Africa — where the site sits, which country it belongs to, whether it is cultural or natural, and a plain-English introduction drawn from Wikipedia so the description stays sourced rather than invented. These 189 sites span 50 countries across the continent.
Abu Simbel
🏛️ CulturalAncient Thebes with its Necropolis
🏛️ CulturalRock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela
🏛️ CulturalSimien National Park
🌿 NaturalRobben Island
🏛️ CulturalOkavango Delta
🌿 NaturalMosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls
🌿 NaturalOld Towns of Djenné
🏛️ CulturalTimbuktu
🏛️ CulturalGreat Zimbabwe
🏛️ CulturalKilimanjaro National Park
🌿 NaturalSerengeti National Park
🌿 NaturalNgorongoro Conservation Area
🏔️ MixedLeptis Magna
🏛️ CulturalCyrene
🏛️ CulturalIsland of Gorée
🏛️ CulturalOsun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
🏛️ CulturalMeroe
🏛️ CulturalAksum
🏛️ CulturalFasil Ghebbi
🏛️ CulturalLamu Old Town
🏛️ CulturalFort Jesus, Mombasa
🏛️ CulturalMount Kenya National Park
🌿 NaturalCasbah of Algiers
🏛️ CulturalTimgad
🏛️ CulturalGhadames
🏛️ CulturalMedina of Tunis
🏛️ CulturalKairouan
🏛️ CulturalAmphitheatre of El Jem
🏛️ CulturalDjerba
🏛️ CulturalRoyal Palaces of Abomey
🏛️ CulturalStone Town of Zanzibar
🏛️ CulturaliSimangalisha Wetland Park
🌿 NaturaluKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park
🏔️ MixedMapungubwe Cultural Landscape
🏛️ CulturalBanc d'Arguin National Park
🌿 NaturalVirunga National Park
🌿 NaturalVallée de Mai Nature Reserve
🌿 NaturalIlha de Moçambique
🏛️ CulturalSaloum Delta
🏛️ CulturalStone Circles of Senegambia
🏛️ CulturalHarar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town
🏛️ CulturalLower Omo Valley
🏛️ CulturalKonso Cultural Landscape
🏛️ CulturalTassili n'Ajjer
🏔️ MixedSukur Cultural Landscape
🏛️ CulturalLake Turkana National Parks
🌿 NaturalRwenzori Mountains National Park
🌿 NaturalBwindi Impenetrable National Park
🌿 NaturalTombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi
🏛️ CulturalDjoudj National Bird Sanctuary
🌿 NaturalNiokolo-Koba National Park
🌿 NaturalGaramba National Park
🌿 NaturalKahuzi-Biega National Park
🌿 NaturalVredefort Dome
🌿 NaturalCape Floral Region Protected Areas
🌿 NaturalSacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests
🏛️ CulturalLakes of Ounianga
🌿 NaturalAbu Mena
🏛️ CulturalSaint Catherine Area
🏛️ CulturalWadi Al-Hitan
🌿 NaturalM'Zab Valley
🏛️ CulturalDjémila
🏛️ CulturalTipasa
🏛️ CulturalMedina of Fes
🏛️ CulturalMedina of Marrakesh
🏛️ CulturalAït Benhaddou
🏛️ CulturalVolubilis
🏛️ CulturalDougga
🏛️ CulturalKhami Ruins
🏛️ CulturalDja Faunal Reserve
🌿 NaturalKilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara
🏛️ CulturalOkapi Wildlife Reserve
🌿 NaturalMedina of Essaouira
🏛️ CulturalMeknes
🏛️ CulturalMazagan: Portuguese City of El Jadida
🏛️ CulturalTsodilo Hills
🏛️ CulturalRoyal Hill of Ambohimanga
🏛️ CulturalAldabra Atoll
🌿 NaturalLe Morne Brabant
🏛️ CulturalLower Valley of the Awash
🏛️ CulturalTwyfelfontein
🏛️ CulturalNyungwe Forest National Park
🌿 NaturalIvindo National Park
🌿 NaturalHistoric Cairo
🏛️ CulturalMemphis and its Necropolis, Giza to Dahshur
🏛️ CulturalIsland of Saint-Louis
🏛️ CulturalSibiloi National Park
🌿 NaturalDinder National Park
🌿 NaturalMount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
🌿 NaturalTaï National Park
🌿 NaturalComoé National Park
🌿 NaturalBarberton Makhonjwa Mountains
🌿 NaturalTiya
🏛️ CulturalThimlich Ohinga Archaeological Site
🏛️ CulturalAsante Traditional Buildings
🏛️ CulturalKondoa Rock-Hewn Sites
🏛️ CulturalEnnedi Massif
🏔️ MixedLopé Reserve
🌿 NaturalSelous Game Reserve
🌿 NaturalCliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)
🏛️ CulturalAir and Ténéré Natural Reserves
🌿 NaturalMedina of Tétouan
🏛️ CulturalArchaeological Site of Carthage
🏛️ CulturalSalonga National Park
🌿 NaturalArchaeological Site of Sabratha
🏛️ CulturalMana Pools National Park
🌿 NaturalAapravasi Ghat
🏛️ CulturalNamib Sand Sea
🌿 NaturalCal'at Beni Hammad
🏛️ CulturalRabat, Modern Capital and Historic City
🏛️ CulturalArchaeological Site of Kerkouane
🏛️ CulturalW-Arly-Pendjari Complex
🌿 NaturalKoutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba
🏛️ CulturalSangha Trinational
🌿 NaturalMaloti-Drakensberg Park
🏔️ MixedAl Qal'a of Beni Hammad
🏛️ CulturalM'Zab Valley
🏛️ CulturalRuins of Loropéni
🏛️ CulturalRoyal Court of Tiébélé
🏛️ CulturalForest Massif of Odzala-Kokoua
🌿 NaturalHistoric Town of Grand-Bassam
🏛️ CulturalWadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)
🌿 NaturalAsmara: A Modernist African City
🏛️ CulturalLower Valley of the Omo
🏛️ CulturalThe Gedeo Cultural Landscape
🏛️ CulturalBale Mountains National Park
🌿 NaturalKunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites
🏛️ CulturalRock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
🏛️ CulturalOld Town of Ghadamès
🏛️ CulturalRainforests of the Atsinanana
🌿 NaturalAndrefana Dry Forests
🌿 NaturalLake Malawi National Park
🌿 NaturalChongoni Rock-Art Area
🏛️ CulturalMount Mulanje Cultural Landscape
🏛️ CulturalTomb of Askia
🏛️ CulturalMedina of Fez
🏛️ CulturalMedina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador)
🏛️ CulturalHistoric City of Meknes
🏛️ CulturalPortuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida)
🏛️ CulturalIsland of Mozambique
🏛️ CulturalHistoric Centre of Agadez
🏛️ CulturalNyungwe National Park
🌿 NaturalThe Roças of Sao Tome and Principe: Colonial Agricultural System and Forced Migration
🏛️ CulturalGola-Tiwai Complex
🌿 NaturalFossil Hominid Sites of South Africa
🏛️ CulturalǂKhomani Cultural Landscape
🏛️ CulturalThe Emergence of Modern Human Behaviour: The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa
🏛️ CulturalBoma–Badingilo Migratory Landscape
🌿 NaturalArchaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe
🏛️ CulturalIchkeul National Park
🌿 NaturalPunic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis
🏛️ CulturalMedina of Sousse
🏛️ CulturalVillage of Sidi Bou Saïd
🏛️ CulturalKondoa Rock-Art Sites
🏛️ CulturalMatobo Hills
🏛️ CulturalOther continents
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