List of World Heritage Sites in Central African Republic

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972.^[1] CAR accepted the convention, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. As of 2023, CAR has two World Heritage Sites, one of them Sangha Trinational it's shared with the neighbouring countries of Cameroon and Republic of the Congo.^[2]

Location of sites

Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park

Sangha Trinational

Location of World Heritage Sites in  Central African Republic

List of sites

Name	Image	Location	Criteria	Year	Description
Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park		Bamingui-Bangoran 9°00′N 21°30′E / 9°N 21.5°E / 9; 21.5 (Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park)	Natural (ix) (x)	1988	The importance of this park derives from its wealth of flora and fauna. Its vast savannahs are home to a wide variety of species: black rhinoceroses, elephants, cheetahs, leopards, wild dogs, red-fronted gazelles and buffalo, while various types of waterfowl are to be found in the northern floodplains..[3]
Sangha Trinational		Sangha-Mbaéré 2°30′00″N 16°10′00″E / 2.5°N 16.166667°E / 2.5; 16.166667 (Sangha Trinational)	Natural (ix) (x)	2012	Situated in the north-western Congo Basin, where Cameroon, Central African Republic and Congo meet, the site encompasses three contiguous national parks totalling around 750,000 ha. Much of the site is unaffected by human activity and features a wide range of humid tropical forest ecosystems with rich flora and fauna, including Nile crocodiles and goliath tigerfish, a large predator. Forest clearings support herbaceous species and Sangha is home to considerable populations of forest elephants, critically endangered western lowland gorilla, and endangered chimpanzee. The site’s environment has preserved the continuation of ecological and evolutionary processes on a huge scale and great biodiversity, including many endangered animal species.[4]

Tentative List

Site	Image	Location	Criteria	Area ha (acre)	Year of submission	Description
The Bouar Megaliths		Nana-Mambéré 5°57′N 15°36′E / 5.95°N 15.6°E / 5.95; 15.6 (The Bouar Megaliths)	Cultural		2006	[5]
The Tata (fortified palace) of Sultan Sénoussi, the caves of Kaga-Kpoungouvou, and the city of Ndélé		Bamingui-Bangoran 8°24′33″N 20°39′11″E / 8.409167°N 20.653056°E / 8.409167; 20.653056 (The Tata (fortified palace) of Sultan Sénoussi, the caves of Kaga-Kpoungouvou, and the city of Ndélé)	Cultural		2006	[6]
Paleo-metallurgical sites of Bangui		Bangui 4°22′24″N 18°33′46″E / 4.373333°N 18.562778°E / 4.373333; 18.562778 (Paleo-metallurgical sites of Bangui)	Cultural		2006	[7]
Lengo Petroglyphs		Mbomou 5°40′20″N 22°48′06″E / 5.6721°N 22.8017°E / 5.6721; 22.8017 (Lengo Petroglyphs)	Cultural		2006	[8]
Remains of the Zinga train		Lobaye 3°43′00″N 18°35′00″E / 3.716667°N 18.583333°E / 3.716667; 18.583333 (Remains of the Zinga train)	Cultural		2006	[9]
Mbaéré Bodingué Integral Reserve		Sangha-Mbaéré 3°50′00″N 17°10′00″E / 3.8333°N 17.1667°E / 3.8333; 17.1667 (Mbaéré Bodingué Integral Reserve)	Natural (ix) (x)		2006	[10]
Mbi Falls		Ombella-M'Poko 4°48′00″N 18°07′00″E / 4.8°N 18.116667°E / 4.8; 18.116667 (Mbi Falls)	Natural (vii)		2006	[11]
Hill, plain,  Oubangui river and the  colonial heritage of Bangui		Lobaye 0°30′S 17°42′E / 0.5°S 17.7°E / -0.5; 17.7 (Hill, plain, Oubangui river and the colonial heritage of Bangui)	Cultural		2006	[12]
Pygmy forest and residential camps of Central African Republic		Lobaye 3°38′00″N 18°36′00″E / 3.633333°N 18.6°E / 3.633333; 18.6 (Pygmy forest and residential camps of Central African Republic)	Mixed (x)		2006	[13]

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