List of World Heritage Sites in Lesotho

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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] Lesotho accepted the convention, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. As of 2023, Lesotho has only one World Heritage Site, Maloti-Drakensberg Park, which it's shared with South Africa.[2]

Location of sites

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Location of World Heritage Sites in  Lesotho

List of sites

  * Transnational site
Name Image Location Criteria Year Description
Maloti-Drakensberg Park Qacha's Nek District

29°53′56″S 29°07′16″E / 29.899°S 29.121°E / -29.899; 29.121 (Maloti-Drakensberg Park)

Mixed (i) (iii) (vii) (x) 2000 The Maloti-Drakensberg Park is a transnational property composed of the uKhahlamba Drakensberg National Park in South Africa and the Sehlathebe National Park in Lesotho. The site has exceptional natural beauty in its soaring basaltic buttresses, incisive dramatic cutbacks, and golden sandstone ramparts as well as visually spectacular sculptured arches, caves, cliffs, pillars and rock pools. The site's diversity of habitats protects a high level of endemic and globally important plants. The site harbors endangered species such as the Cape vulture (Gyps coprotheres) and the bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus). Lesotho’s Sehlabathebe National Park also harbors the Maloti minnow (Pseudobarbus quathlambae), a critically endangered fish species only found in this park. This spectacular natural site contains many caves and rock-shelters with the largest and most concentrated group of paintings in Africa south of the Sahara. They represent the spiritual life of the San people, who lived in this area over a period of 4,000 years.[3]

Tentative List

Site Image Location Criteria Area
ha (acre)
 Year of submission Description
Thaba-Bosiu National Monument Maseru District 29°21′01″S 27°40′17″E / 29.3503°S 27.6713°E / -29.3503; 27.6713 (Thaba-Bosiu National Monument) Cultural (iii) (v) 2008 [4]

References

  1. ^ "The World Heritage Convention". UNESCO. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  2. ^ "Lesotho". UNESCO. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  3. ^ "Maloti-Drakensberg Park". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2023-11-20. Text was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO (CC BY 3.0 IGO) license.
  4. ^ "Thaba-Bosiu National Monument". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
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