Melka Kunture and Balchit: Archaeological and Palaeontological Sites in the Highland Area of Ethiopia
A World Heritage Site in Ethiopia, inscribed in 2024 as a Cultural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Region
- Africa
- Inscribed
- 2024
- Category
- Cultural Site
- Criteria
- (iii)(iv)(v)
- Component parts
- 6
- Coordinates
- 8.7035, 38.5991
- UNESCO ID
- 13
Source: factual data from UNESCO DataHub (whc001 / CC BY-SA 4.0). This site uses only factual information such as names, countries, inscription years and categories. No official UNESCO/WHC descriptions, photographs or logos are used.
Names in other languages
- French
- Melka Kontouré et Balchit : sites archéologiques et paléontologiques de la région des hauts plateaux d’Éthiopie
- Spanish
- Melka Kunture y Balchit: Yacimientos arqueológicos y paleontológicos del Macizo etíope
- Chinese
- 梅尔卡·昆图尔和巴尔奇特考古与古生物遗址
Other World Heritage Sites in Ethiopia
- Aksum (1980)
- Bale Mountains National Park (2023)
- Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region (1979)
- Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town (2006)
- Konso Cultural Landscape (2011)
- Lower Valley of the Awash (1980)
- Lower Valley of the Omo (1980)
- Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela (1978)
- Simien National Park (1978)
- The Gedeo Cultural Landscape (2023)
- Tiya (1980)
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