World Heritage in Ethiopia

Ethiopia

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Relevant websites and news articles:
  • 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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Map of World Heritage in Ethiopia

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Legend

  • Cultural
  • Natural
  • Mixed
  • Tentative

World Heritage Sites

SiteInscribedTypeReviewsVisitorsRating
Aksum 1980 Cultural 6 77 3.42
Bale Mountains National Park 2023 Natural 1 10 3.72
Fasil Ghebbi 1979 Cultural 3 74 3.31
Gedeo Cultural landscape 2023 Cultural 2 7 2.63
Harar Jugol 2006 Cultural 2 54 3.04
Konso 2011 Cultural 3 41 3.13
Lalibela 1978 Cultural 6 106 4.41
Lower Valley of the Awash 1980 Cultural 3 16 3.17
Lower Valley of the Omo 1980 Cultural 4 43 3.57
Melka Kunture and Balchit 2024 Cultural 2 9 1.61
Simien National Park 1978 Natural 11 69 3.75
Tiya 1980 Cultural 4 46 2.28

Tentative List

SiteAddedScheduledTypeReviewsVisitorsRating
Dirre Sheik Hussein 2011 Cultural 1 1 N/A
Holqa Sof Omar 2012 Mixed 0 0 N/A
Lake Tana Island Monasteries and its Adjacent Wetland Natural and Cultural Heritages 2021 Mixed 1 13 100%
Sacred Landscapes of Tigray 2018 Cultural 1 12 100%
Simien Mountains National Park (SMNP) 2023 Natural 0 6 100%
The Cultural Heritage of Yeha 2020 Cultural 2 4 100%

Former Tentative Sites

SiteAddedRemovedReviews
Abijatta Shalla Lakes National Park 1979 1981 2

Country info

Official Name
Ethiopia
Region
Africa
WHC location
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WHC member

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The following 2 Community Members have visited all WHS in this country:

Thomas Buechler . Wojciech Fedoruk .