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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. [111] 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. [112] Lamu ...
This is a list of historical African place names. The names on the left are linked to the corresponding subregion(s) from History of Africa. Axum - Eritrea and Ethiopia;
In the case of multinational or multi-regional sites, the names are sorted alphabetically. Criteria – as defined by the World Heritage Committee [3] Area – in hectares and acres, excluding any buffer zones. A value of zero implies that no data has been published by UNESCO Year – during which the site was inscribed to the World Heritage List
World Heritage Sites in Africa by country (43 C) A. Historic sites in Algeria (5 C, 2 P) Historic sites in Angola (3 C) B. Historic sites in Benin (1 C, 1 P)
88 South Africa. 89 Spain. 90 Sri Lanka. 91 Sultanate of Oman. 92 Sweden. 93 Switzerland. 94 Syria. ... This is a list of notable archaeological sites sorted by ...
There are seven World Heritage Sites in Senegal, with a further eight on the tentative list. [3] The first site in Senegal to be inscribed to the list was the Island of Gorée, in 1978. The most recent site listed was the Bassari Country, in 2012. Five sites in Senegal are listed for their cultural and two for their natural properties. [3]
Page dedicated to archaeological sites in Eastern Africa (as opposed to the study of Eastern African Archaeology itself). Eastern Africa is as defined by the UN (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, South Sudan, and Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Mauritius, Seychelles, and any islands off the coast)).
This list of castles in Africa includes castles, forts, and mock castles in Africa. The Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town, South Africa built in the 1660s.