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Sub-Saharan Africa's sites run from the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela and the stone city of Great Zimbabwe to the Serengeti, Mosi-oa-Tunya (Victoria Falls) and the island prison of Robben Island. Natural places make up a larger share here than anywhere else on the List. So do places that are still in everyday use, where the people whose families made a landscape are the ones who look after it. Distances are long and roads vary, so give each trip more time than the map suggests.

99

Sites

Every place in the region, each with its own page.

  • 41

    Countries

    Countries with at least one site in the region.

  • 52

    Cultural

    Cities, monuments and landscapes shaped by people.

  • 43

    Natural

    Reefs, forests, deserts and other wild places.

  • 4

    Mixed

    Places valued for both their nature and their culture.

  • 13

    In danger

    Sites on the List of World Heritage in Danger.

Africa on the map

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Countries

41 countries with sites, from the most to the fewest