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NaturalRef. 156

Serengeti National Park

Natural World Heritage property in Tanzania, inscribed in 1981 under criteria (vii), (x).

Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Photo: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Tanzania
Region
Africa
Year of inscription
1981
Criteria
viix
Area of property
14,763 km²
Location
Mara Region, Simiyu Region
What it is
transboundary protected area, national park
Founded or built
1940
Landform
Serengeti
Visitors a year
430,219 (2023) · ranking
Reference
WHC 156 · Wikidata Q11812902

Why it is on the List

(vii)Superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty.(x)The most important natural habitats for conserving biological diversity, including threatened species.
nearby

Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania131 kmNgorongoro Conservation AreaTanzania · 1979MixedThimlich Ohinga, Kenya170 kmThimlich OhingaKenya · 2018CulturalKondoa Rock Art Sites, Tanzania292 kmKondoa Rock Art SitesTanzania · 2006CulturalKilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania316 kmKilimanjaro National ParkTanzania · 1987NaturalKenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya365 kmKenya Lake System in the Great Rift ValleyKenya · 2011NaturalKasubi Tombs, Uganda379 kmKasubi TombsUganda · 2001Cultural
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