Kilwa Kisiwani, also known as Kilwa Island, is an island, historic site, and small community located in the township of Kilwa Masoko. It is the main town of Kilwa District in Lindi Region, southern Tanzania. Kilwa Kisiwani is the largest of nine hamlets in Kilwa Masoko and has the fewest people among them, with about 1,150 residents.
The Royal Palaces of Abomey are 10 palaces located in the center of Abomey, Benin, which was once the capital of the West African Kingdom of Dahomey. The kingdom was established in 1625 by the Fon people, who built it into a strong military and trade empire. This kingdom controlled trade with European slave traders on the Slave Coast until the late 1800s, selling prisoners of war to these traders.
Roșia Montană is a town in Alba County, located in the Apuseni Mountains of western Transylvania, Romania. It is found in the Valea Roșiei valley, where the small river Roșia Montană flows. The town includes sixteen villages: Bălmoșești, Blidești, Bunta, Cărpiniș, Coasta Henții, Corna, Curături, Dăroaia, Gârda-Bărbulești, Gura Roșiei, Iacobești, Ignățești, Roșia Montană, Șoal, Țarina, and Vârtop.
The Rock Paintings of Sierra de San Francisco are ancient rock art pictures created by people long ago. These paintings are located in the Sierra de San Francisco mountain range, which is in the Mulegé Municipality of the northern part of Baja California Sur state in Mexico.
Rock Art in the Ha’il Region (Arabic: الفنون الصخرية في منطقة حائل) is the fourth site in Saudi Arabia to be added to the UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites. The rock art includes two sites with carvings and writings found in the desert of the Ha’il Region. At both sites, an ancient group left marks on the rocks, showing their activities over 8,000 years.
The Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve is a protected area located in the Gracias a Dios department on the Caribbean coast of Honduras. It covers an area of 5,250 square kilometers (2,030 square miles) and is mostly found along the Río Plátano river. The reserve is home to many endangered species and contains some of the largest remaining tropical forests in Central America.
The Richtersveld is a desert area known for its rough valleys and high mountains, located in the north-western part of South Africa’s Northern Cape province. It has many different landscapes, including flat, sandy coastal plains, sharp mountains made of volcanic rock, and the Orange River, which forms the border with Namibia. The area’s height ranges from sea level to 1,377 meters (4,518 feet) at Cornellberg.
Red Bay is a fishing village in Labrador, known as an important underwater area where archaeologists study history in the Americas. From 1530 to the early 1600s, it was a key location for whaling by the Basque people. Many whaling ships, including large galleons and small chalupas, sank there.
The Quebrada de Humahuaca is a narrow mountain valley in the province of Jujuy, located in the northwest of Argentina. It is about 1,649 kilometers (1,025 miles) north of Buenos Aires. The valley is approximately 155 kilometers (96 miles) long and runs in a north-south direction.
Kerkouane, also spelled Kerkuane (Arabic: كركوان, Karkwān), is the location of an ancient Punic city in northeastern Tunisia, near Cape Bon. Kerkouane was one of the most significant Punic cities, along with Carthage, Hadrumetum (modern Sousse), and Utica. This Phoenician city was likely abandoned during the First Punic War (around 250 BC) and was not rebuilt by the Romans.