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CulturalRef. 1099

Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape

Cultural World Heritage property in South Africa, inscribed in 2003 under criteria (ii), (iii), (iv), (v).

Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape, South Africa
Photo: JJ van Zyl · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AldabraAmbohimangaCape 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 DeltaRainforests of the AtsinananaRichtersveldRobben IslandRuins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo MnaraSelous Game ReserveThe Emergence of Modern Humans: The Pleistocene occupation sites of South AfricaThe Medinas of the Historic Sultanates of the ComorosTsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature ReserveTsodiloTwyfelfonteinVredefort crater22.212° S, 29.388° E
State Party
South Africa
Region
Africa
Year of inscription
2003
Criteria
iiiiiivv
Area of property
28,169 ha
Location
Limpopo
What it is
cultural landscape
Component parts
2 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 1099 · Wikidata Q1136251

Why it is on the List

(ii)Shows a major exchange of ideas — in architecture, technology, art, town planning or landscape design — over time or across a cultural area.(iii)A unique or exceptional witness to a cultural tradition or a civilisation, living or vanished.(iv)An outstanding example of a building type, ensemble or landscape that illustrates a significant stage in human history.(v)An outstanding example of a traditional settlement or use of land or sea that represents a culture, especially one now vulnerable.
nearby

Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

Matobo Hills, Zimbabwe211 kmMatobo HillsZimbabwe · 2003CulturalKhami, Zimbabwe251 kmKhamiZimbabwe · 1986CulturalGreat Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe269 kmGreat ZimbabweZimbabwe · 1986CulturalCradle of Humankind, South Africa453 kmCradle of HumankindSouth Africa · 1999CulturalVredefort crater, South Africa566 kmVredefort craterSouth Africa · 2005NaturalMana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas, Zimbabwe711 kmMana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari AreasZimbabwe · 1984Natural
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