The Historic Town and Archaeological Site of Gedi
A World Heritage Site in Kenya, 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
- Kenya
- Region
- Africa
- Inscribed
- 2024
- Category
- Cultural Site
- Criteria
- (ii)(iii)(iv)
- Property area
- approx. 20.8 ha
- Component parts
- 1
- Coordinates
- -3.3103, 40.0173
- UNESCO ID
- 1720
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
- La ville historique et site archéologique de Gedi
- Spanish
- Ciudad histórica y sitio arqueológico de Gedi
- Chinese
- 格迪古镇和考古遗址
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