The UNESCO World Heritage
List includes 851 properties worldwide, forming
part of the cultural and natural heritage that the
World Heritage Committee considers as having outstanding
universal value. These include 660 cultural, 166
natural and 25 mixed properties in 141 States Parties.
As of November 2007, 185 States Parties have ratified
the World Heritage Convention.
Distribution of World Heritage
sites worldwide
As of 2008, there are nine rock art sites in Africa on the UNESCO World Heritage List. It should be noted
that UNESCO classifies nations in northern Africa
as 'Arab states'. The List currently includes:
It
should be noted that Tassili
n'Ajjer and Tadrart
Acacus form a trans-frontier range across the two countries
(Algeria and Libya). Click
here see a listing of Rock Art sites on the WH Tentative
List.
