User:DiscipleOfKnowledge/Sandbox/List of World Heritage Sites in South Africa

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972.

List of sites

The table lists information about each World Heritage Site.

Name	Image	Location	Communities of	Period	UNESCO data	Description	Ref(s)
Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs		Sterkfontein
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape
Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape
Robben Island
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Vredefort Dome
uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park

Tentative list

• Pleistocene occupation sites of Klasies River, Border Cave, Wonderwerk Cave and comparable sites relating to the emergence of modern humans (1998)
• Pilgrim's Rest Reduction Works Industrial Heritage Site (2004)
• Kimberley Mines and Associated Early Industries (2004)
• The !Xam Khomani Heartland (2004)
• Alexandria Coastal Dunefields (2009)
• Cape Floral Region Protected Areas (2009)
• The Cape Winelands Cultural Landscape (2009)
• The Barberton Mountain Land, Barberton Greenstone Belt or Makhonjwa Mountains (2009)
• The Prince Edward Islands (2009)
• Succulent Karoo Protected Areas (2009)
• Liberation Heritage Route (2009)
• The Namaqualand Copper Mining Landscape (2009)
• The Cape Arc of Meridian (2009)

See also

• List of heritage sites in South Africa