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The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Tanzania ratified the convention on 2 August 1977, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. Tanzania has 7 UNESCO world heritage sites and two of them are placed on the world heritage sites in danger.
List of sites
The table lists information about each World Heritage Site:
Name: as listed by the World Heritage Committee Location: province or town of site Period: time period of significance UNESCO data: the site's reference number; the year the site was inscribed on the World Heritage List; the criteria it was listed under. Criteria i through vi are cultural, while vii through x are natural (the column sorts by year added to the list) Description: brief description of the siteReferences
List of World Heritage Sites in Tanzania Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA