Africa
Click on a country on the map to see that country’s UNESCO sites, or use the list below the map to jump to that country’s page.
Note: If the country you are looking for is light gray on the map and does not appear on the list, that means it has no UNESCO World Heritage sites.
Northern Africa
Egypt
Best-known for its ancient culture, Egypt’s sites cover many thousands of years of monuments and religious sites from the time of the pharaohs through its Christian and Islamic periods.
Morocco
Sites that recognize the variety and richness of urban life over the past 2000 years.
Tunisia
Carthage, the Phoenicians, the Romans, the Byzantines, and the Islamic period are all represented on Tunisia’s list of UNESCO sites.
Central Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Sao Tome and Principe
This tiny island country off the coast of Central Africa has only one UNESCO site, which addresses its colonial plantation history.
East Africa
Comoros
This tiny African archipelago between the island nation of Madagascar and the country of Mozambique has only one UNESCO site: a serial collection of six urban centers. Ten more sites are on UNESCO’s Tentative List.
Seychelles
UNESCO sites in the Seychelles preserve an isolated atoll and a prehistoric palm forest, rare ecosystems that remain nearly pristine.
South Sudan
South Sudan’s only UNESCO site was added to the World Heritage list and the List of World Heritage in Danger at the same time.
Western Africa
Southern Africa
Botswana
World Heritage Sites that protect a vast inland wetland and rock art created over many thousands of years highlight two very different aspects of Botswana.