ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia awaits Unesco’s final decision on its two sites – Gedeo Cultural Landscape and Bale Mountain National Park – nominated for the World Heritage List. Currently, the country is home to 9 natural and cultural World Heritage sites, including 8 Cultural and one natural – Semaine mountain- heritages. (Image © Yonas Beyene)It also has 6 sites listed on its Tentative List of potential Natural and Cultural heritage sites. Two of these sites – Gedeo Cultural Landscape and Bale Mountain National Park – are now under final consideration for the World Heritage List. Gedeo Cultural LandscapeThe Gedeo cultural landscape – located in the Gedeo zone of southern Ethiopia, has multiple facets.

Source: Ethiopian News August 14, 2023 00:26 UTC