Download Excel File List of World Heritage Sites in South Africa

SNo,Name,Location,Period,UNESCO data,Description1,"Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs",Sterkfontein,Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs,"915; 1999, 2005 (extended); iii, vi",The area contains various fossil sites containing traces of human occupation and evolution dating back some 3.3million years.2,Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape,Limpopo Province,11th to 14th centuries,"1099; 2003; ii, iii, iv, v","This open savanna lays at the confluence of the Limpopo and Shashe rivers. It was the heart of the Mapungubwe Kingdom until the 14thcentury, when the area was abandoned, leaving untouched remains of palaces and settlements."3,Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape,Northern Cape,19th century to present,"1265; 2007; iv, v","This mountainous desert is communally owned and managed. It sustains the semi-nomadic pastoral livelihood of the Namaqua people, including seasonal migrations that have persisted for two millennia."4,Robben Island,Table Bay,17th to 20th centuries,"916; 1999; iii, iv","Between the 17th and 20thcentury, the island was used as a prison, including for political prisoners, a hospital for socially unacceptable groups (leper colony), and a military base."5,Cape Floral Region Protected Areas,"Western Cape, Eastern Cape",N/A,"1007; 2004; ix, x","The site consists of eight protected areas that are among the richest in plant life worldwide, containing nearly 20% of Africa's total flora. Its scientific value is demonstrated by the presence of fire and radiation adaptivity in plants and seed dispersal by insects."6,iSimangaliso Wetland Park,KwaZulu-Natal,N/A,"914; 1999; vii, ix, x","The park features a variety of landforms, including coral reefs, long sandy beaches, coastal dunes, lake systems, swamps, and reed and papyrus wetland, caused by fluvial, marine and aeolian processes. This has resulted in an exceptional species diversity."7,Vredefort Dome,Vredefort,Paleoproterozoic era,1162; 2005; viii,"The crater, with a diameter of 190km (120mi), is the largest, oldest and most deeply eroded astrobleme found on Earth, dating back more than 2billion years."8,uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park,"KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho",2000 B.C.,"985; 2000; i, iii, vii, x","The park features soaring basaltic buttresses, incisive dramatic cutbacks, golden sandstone ramparts, rolling high-altitude grasslands, pristine steep-sided river valleys and rocky gorges.",,,,,For other more formats kindly visit www.downloadexcelfiles.com,,,,,,,,,,Original source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_South_Africa,,,,,