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Namibia
UNESCO
world heritage sites
Erongo region
[capital = Swakopmund]
Namib Sand Sea
in
Namib-Naukluft National Park
on
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It features gravel plains, coastal flats, rocky hills, inselbergs within the sand sea, a coastal lagoon and ephemeral rivers, resulting in a landscape of exceptional beauty. Fog is the primary source of water in the site, accounting for a unique environment in which endemic invertebrates, reptiles and mammals adapt to an ever-changing variety of microhabitats and ecological niches.
Kunene region
[capital = Opuwo]
Rock engravings
in
Twyfelfontein
at
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The site forms a coherent, extensive and high-quality record of ritual practices relating to hunter-gatherer communities in this part of southern Africa over at least 2,000 years, and eloquently illustrates the links between the ritual and economic practices of hunter-gatherers.