iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo National Park
A World Heritage Site in Mozambique / South Africa, inscribed in 1999 as a Natural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Mozambique / South Africa
- Region
- Africa
- Inscribed
- 1999
- Category
- Natural Site
- Criteria
- (vii)(ix)(x)
- Property area
- approx. 3,974 km² (397,403 ha)
- Component parts
- 2
- Transboundary property
- Yes
- Coordinates
- -27.8389, 32.5500
- UNESCO ID
- 914
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Names in other languages
- French
- Parc de la zone humide d’iSimangaliso – Parc national de Maputo
- Spanish
- Parque del humedal de iSimangaliso – Parque Nacional Maputo
Other World Heritage Sites in Mozambique / South Africa
- Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains (2018)
- Cape Floral Region Protected Areas (2004)
- Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa (1999)
- Human Rights, Liberation and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites (2024)
- Island of Mozambique (1991)
- Maloti-Drakensberg Park (2000)
- Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (2003)
- Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape (2007)
- Robben Island (1999)
- The Emergence of Modern Human Behaviour: The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa (2024)
- Vredefort Dome (2005)
- ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape (2017)
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