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Cradle of Humankind

Cultural World Heritage property in South Africa, inscribed in 1999 under criteria (iii), (vi).

Cradle of Humankind, South Africa
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AmbohimangaCape Floristic KingdomChongoni Rock Art AreaCradle of HumankindGreat ZimbabweHuman Rights, Liberation and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy SitesiSimangaliso Wetland ParkIsland of MozambiqueKhamiKhomani Cultural LandscapeLake Malawi National ParkMakhonjwa MountainsMaloti-Drakensberg ParkMana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari AreasMapungubwe Cultural LandscapeMatobo HillsMulanje MassifNamib Sand SeaOkavango DeltaRichtersveldRobben IslandThe Emergence of Modern Humans: The Pleistocene occupation sites of South AfricaTsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature ReserveTsodiloTwyfelfonteinVredefort crater25.967° S, 27.662° E
State Party
South Africa
Region
Africa
Year of inscription
1999
Criteria
iiivi
Area of property
27,379 ha
What it is
cultural heritage, group
Component parts
3 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 915 · Wikidata Q1130112

Why it is on the List

(iii)A unique or exceptional witness to a cultural tradition or a civilisation, living or vanished.(vi)Directly linked to events, living traditions, ideas, beliefs or artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance.
nearby

Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

Vredefort crater, South Africa116 kmVredefort craterSouth Africa · 2005NaturalMaloti-Drakensberg Park, Lesotho425 kmMaloti-Drakensberg ParkLesotho · 2000MixedMapungubwe Cultural Landscape, South Africa453 kmMapungubwe Cultural LandscapeSouth Africa · 2003CulturaliSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa530 kmiSimangaliso Wetland ParkSouth Africa · 1999NaturalMatobo Hills, Zimbabwe614 kmMatobo HillsZimbabwe · 2003CulturalKhami, Zimbabwe652 kmKhamiZimbabwe · 1986Cultural
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