Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites
Also known as Human Rights, Liberation and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criterion (vi).
Region
Africa
South Africa
Inscribed
2024
List reference
1676
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites is about 5 km south of Pretoria. The nearest other World Heritage site is Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa, about 60 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Pretoria · about 1,338,000 peopleabout 5 km north
- Brits · about 122,000 peopleabout 45 km west
- Benoni · about 2,986,000 peopleabout 45 km south
- Johannesburg · about 3,435,000 peopleabout 50 km south
- Springs · about 236,000 peopleabout 65 km south
- Rustenburg · about 166,000 peopleabout 100 km west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
South AfricaCultural60 km away
South AfricaNatural144 km away
South AfricaCultural410 km away
Lesotho, South AfricaMixed430 km away
South AfricaNatural490 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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