This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Africa. St Helena although being remote from Africa is included in this list as Africa is its closest continental neighbour.
- Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad
- Djémila
- Kasbah of Algiers
- M'Zab Valley
- Tassili n'Ajjer
- Timgad
- Tipasa
- Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park
- Comoé National Park
- Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (shared with Guinea)
- Taï National Park
- Garamba National Park
- Kahuzi-Biega National Park
- Okapi Wildlife Reserve
- Salonga National Park
- Virunga National Park
- Abu Mena
- Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
- Islamic Cairo
- Memphis and its Necropolis
- Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
- Saint Catherine Area
- Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)
- Aksum
- Fasil Ghebbi, Amhara Region near Gondar
- The fortified historic city of Harar
- Lower Valley of the Awash River
- Lower Valley of the Omo
- Rock-hewn Churches, Lalibela
- Semien Mountains National Park
- Tiya
- James Island and Related Sites
- Senegambian stone circles (shared with Senegal)
- Asante Traditional Buildings
- Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions
- Lake Turkana National Parks
- Lamu Old Town
- The Mijikenda Kaya Forests
- Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
- Archaeological Site of Cyrene
- Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna
- Archaeological Site of Sabratha
- Old Town of Ghadames
- Rock-art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
- The Royal Hill of Ambohimanga
- Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve
- Rainforests of the Atsinanana
- Chongoni Rock Art Area
- Lake Malawi National Park
- Aapravasi Ghat
- Le Morne Cultural Landscape (2008) [1]
- Archaeological Site of Volubilis
- Historic City of Meknes
- Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
- Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador)
- Medina of Fez
- Medina of Marrakesh
- Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin)
- Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida)
- Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves
- W National Park
- Sukur Cultural Landscape
- Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
- Oba of Benin royal palace
- Laurisilva forests of Madeira
- Gough and Inaccessible Island
- Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
- Island of Gorée
- Island of Saint-Louis
- Niokolo-Koba National Park
- Senegambian stone circles (shared with Gambia)
- Aldabra Atoll
- Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve
- Fossil hominid sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, Klasies River Caves and environs. (The Cradle of Humankind.)
- The Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park
- Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape (2007)
- Robben Island
- Drakensberg Park
- Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape
- Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
- Vredefort Dome
Canaries (Spain)
- Garajonay National Park
- San Cristobal de la Laguna
- Teide National Park
- Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region
- Kilimanjaro National Park
- Kondoa Rock Art Sites
- Ngorongoro Conservation Area
- Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara
- Selous Game Reserve
- Serengeti National Park
- Stone Town, Zanzibar
- Koutammakou, Land of the Batammariba
- Amphitheatre of El Jem
- Dougga/Thugga
- Ichkeul National Park
- Kairouan
- Medina of Sousse
- Medina of Tunis
- Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis
- Site of Carthage
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
- Ruwenzori Mountains National Park
- Kasubi Tombs
- Great Zimbabwe National Monument
- Khami Ruins National Monument
- Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas
- Mosi-oa-Tunya/Victoria Falls (shared with Zambia)
- Matobo Hills
External links
All links retrieved July 24, 2018.
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