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In Africa, there are 91 cultural, 50 natural, and 6 mixed sites. [1] Several efforts have been devoted to increasing the number of sites and preserving the heritage of existing sites on the continent; for example, on 5 May 2006, the African World Heritage Fund was launched by UNESCO to target the region of Sub-Saharan Africa. It planned to ...
South Africa accepted the convention on 10 July 1997. [3] There are twelve World Heritage Sites in South Africa. [3] The first three sites in South Africa were added to the list in 1999 while the most recent ones, the Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites and the Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa, were added in 2024.
Egypt is included as part of North Africa. The list also comprises a number of sites for which the state party is outside the continent, but the site itself is located in Africa; three such sites are located on the Canary Islands (belonging to Spain), and one on Madeira (belonging to Portugal
The astronomical observatory at Helwan (a historical photograph pictured) was constructed in 1903 to host a 30-inch reflecting telescope, the first large telescope in Africa. It was used to study Halley's Comet , galaxies, and, for religious purposes, the movements of the sun, the moon, and Sirius .
Turkana, as Africa's largest saline lake, is an important area for the study of fauna and flora. It is a breeding ground for the Nile crocodile , hippopotamus and several venomous snakes. [ 7 ] The site was placed the List of World Heritage in Danger in 2018, primarily due to the potential impact of Ethiopia's Gilgel Gibe III Dam .
Category: Landmarks in Africa by country. 3 languages. ... Landmarks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2 C) Landmarks in the Republic of the Congo (1 C) D.
The World Heritage Committee has divided the world into five geographic regions: Africa, Arab states, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and North America, and Latin America and the Caribbean. Russia and the Caucasus states are classified as European, while Mexico and the Caribbean are classified as belonging to the Latin America and the Caribbean ...
Landmarks in Africa by country (51 C) M. Monuments and memorials in Africa (1 C, 1 P) This page was last edited on 1 May 2020, at 01:56 (UTC). Text is available ...