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World Heritage Sites in South Africa
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South Africa is home to eight of the world's official heritage sites, as determined by Unesco's World Heritage Committee. South Africa has four cultural, three natural and one mixed (cultural and natural) site. South Africa's rich heritage dates back to some of the earliest human settlements in the world as can be seen at some of the sites.
World Heritage Sites in South Africa Map
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A serial site – in Cape Province, South Africa – made up of eight protected areas, covering 553,000 ha, the Cape Floral Region is one of the richest areas for plants in the world. |
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The Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai and Environs, known as the Cradle of Humankind, were declared a World Heritage Site on 2nd December 1999. The Cradle of Humankind covers an area of over 47 000 hectares. |
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“It’s Amazing”, the words uttered by King Shaka’s right had man when he first saw this beautiful area. iSimangaliso Wetlands Park is surely amazing. |
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Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, World Heritage - home to a flourishing Iron Age metropolis on the Limpopo ruled by an African king almost a thousand years ago. |
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The 160,000 ha Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape of dramatic mountainous desert in north-western South Africa constitutes a cultural landscape communally owned and managed. |
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Indigenous African leaders, Muslim leaders from the East Indies, Dutch and British soldiers and civilians, women, and anti-apartheid activists, including Nelson Mandela and Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, were all imprisoned on the Island. |
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The 243 000ha uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park is one of South Africa`s prime ecotourist destinations. Here you can savour the ultimate freedom of great open spaces in a world of gigantic peaks and butresses. |
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Vredefort Dome, approximately 120 km south-west of Johannesburg, is a representative part of a larger meteorite impact structure, or astrobleme. |
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World Heritage Sites in Cape Town - World Heritage Sites in Krugersdorp - World Heritage Sites in Musina - World Heritage Sites in Simon`s Town -
World Heritage Sites in Springbok - World Heritage Sites in St Lucia - World Heritage Sites in Vredefort - World Heritage Sites in Winterton -
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