Ethiopia - World Heritage Site

World Heritage Sites in Ethiopia

Site name	Entered
Simien National Park	1978
Rock-hewn Churches, Lalibela	1978
Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region	1979
Lower Valley of the Omo	1980
Aksum	1980
Tiya	1980
Lower Valley of the Awash	1980
Harar Jugol	2006
Konso Cultural Landscape	2011

Tentative list of Ethiopia
Bale Mountains National Park
Dirre Sheik Hussein Religious, Cultural and Historical Site
Gedeo Mixed Cultural and Natural Landscape
Holqa Sof Omar: Natural and Cultural Heritage (Sof Omar: Caves of Mystery)
Melka Kunture and Bachilt Archaeological Site

Sites that have been nominated in the past
Abijatta Shalla Lakes National Park
Adulis
Matar
Melka Kontoure
Yeha

Ethiopia - The North (December 2003)

This year's Christmas trip was a special one: for two weeks I toured in the northern part of Ethiopia. This is where the cultural heart is. Here I went to Aksum, Gonder and Lalibela - history stretching centuries. Ethiopia's nature also is a major asset, as I experienced in the Simien Mountains.

. Simien National Park
. Aksum
. Lalibela
. Fasil Ghebbi

Ethiopia statistics:
Number of WHS: 9
Number of Tentative sites: 5
Member of the World Heritage Committee in: 2010 2011 2012

News and links:
» Ethiopia's World Heritage Sites (20-09-2012).
» Ethiopia launches activities to make Africa’s first mosque -Al Nejashi Mosque - as a tourist destination and a world heritage site by UNESCO in the coming few years. (26-02-2009).