List of World Heritage Sites in Africa
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has designated 152 World Heritage Sites in Africa located in 42 African.
- Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve *
- Taï National Park
- Comoé National Park
- Historic Town of Grand-Bassam
- Sudanese style mosques in northern Côte d’Ivoire
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- Virunga National Park #
- Kahuzi-Biega National Park
- Garamba National Park
- Salonga National Park
- Okapi Wildlife Reserve
- Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela
- Simien National Park
- 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
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- Lake Turkana National Parks
- Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
- Lamu Old Town
- Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests
- Fort Jesus, Mombasa
- Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley
- Thimlich Ohinga Archaeological Site
- Lake Malawi National Park
- Chongoni Rock-Art Area
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- Island of Gorée
- Niokolo-Koba National Park
- Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
- Island of Saint-Louis
- Stone Circles of Senegambia *
- Saloum Delta
- Bassari Country: Bassari, Fula and Bedik Cultural Landscapes
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- Maloti-Drakensberg Park *
- Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape
- Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
- Vredefort Dome
- Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape
- ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape
- Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains
- Ngorongoro Conservation Area 1
- Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara
- Serengeti National Park
- Selous Game Reserve
- Kilimanjaro National Park
- Stone Town of Zanzibar
- Kondoa Rock-Art Sites
- Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas
- Great Zimbabwe National Monument
- Khami Ruins National Monument
- Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls # *
- Matobo Hills
- Abu Mena
- Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
- Historic Cairo
- Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
- Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
- Saint Catherine Area
- Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)
- Archaeological Site of Cyrene
- Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna
- Archaeological Site of Sabratha
- Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
- Old Town of Ghadamès
- 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)
- Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared Heritage
