World Heritage Sites in Ethiopia
Site name Entered Simien National Park 1978
Rock-hewn Churches, Lalibela 1978
Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region 1979
Lower Valley of the Omo 1980
Aksum 1980
Tiya 1980
Lower Valley of the Awash 1980
Harar Jugol 2006
Tentative list of Ethiopia
Bale Mountains National Park
Konso-Gardula (paleo-anthropological site)
Sites that have been nominated in the past
Abijatta Shalla Lakes National Park
Adulis
Matar
Melka Kontoure
Yeha
Ethiopia statistics:
Number of WHS: 8
Number of Tentative sites: 2
Member of the World Heritage Committee in: 2010
News and links:
» Ethiopia launches activities to make Africa’s first mosque -Al Nejashi Mosque - as a tourist destination and a world heritage site by UNESCO in the coming few years. (26-02-2009).
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