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Kondoa Rock Art Sites

Cultural World Heritage property in Tanzania, inscribed in 2006 under criteria (iii), (vi).

Kondoa Rock Art Sites, Tanzania
Photo: D. Tamino Boehm, assent by email 9+10 June 2014, for license CC-Lizenz by-sa attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Tanzania
Region
Africa
Year of inscription
2006
Criteria
iiivi
Area of property
2,336 km²
Location
Kondoa District
What it is
cave, archaeological site
Reference
WHC 1183 · Wikidata Q1404282

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.

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