The UN Committee had been considering new sites at a meeting in Bonn, Germany, in June and added 27 new sites to its list of more than a thousand natural and cultural wonders that are considered to be places of "outstanding universal value."
One of these, is known as the Cape Floral Region.
According to the organisation, "Brand South Africa", this region, with 9 600 species of vascular plants, streches from the Baviaans in the east to the Cape Penunsila in the west.
Here is the full list of the 27 new sites:
- China: Tusi sites
- Denmark: Christiansfeld, a Moravian Church settlement
- Denmark: Par Force hunting landscape in North Zealand
- France: Champagne hillsides, houses and cellars
- France: Climats, terroirs of Burgundy
- Germany: Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus
- Iran: Cultural landscape of Maymand
- Iran: Susa
- Israel: Necropolis of Bet She'arim, a landmark of Jewish renewal
- Italy: Arab-Norman Palermo and the cathedral churches of Cefalú and Monreale
- Jamaica: Blue and John Crow mountains
- Japan: Sites of Japan's Meiji industrial revolution
- Jordan: Baptism site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" (Al-Maghtas)
- Republic of Korea: Baekje historic areas
- Mexico: Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque hydraulic system
- Mongolia: Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and its surrounding sacred landscape
- Norway: Notodden industrial heritage site in Rjukan
- Saudi Arabia: Rock art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia
- Singapore: Singapore Botanical Gardens
- South Africa: Cape Floral Region protected areas (significant extension of "Cape Floral Region protected areas" site)
- Spain: Routes of Santiago in Northern Spain (significant extension of "Routes of Santiago de Compostela" site)
- Turkey: Diyarbakir Fortress and Hevsel Gardens cultural landscape
- Turkey: Ephesus
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: The Forth Bridge
- United States: San Antonio Missions
- Uruguay: Fray Bentos cultural-industrial landscape
- Viet Nam: Ke Bang National Park (significant extension of "Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park" site)
