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Macabre sites in Africa

96 macabre sites in Africa, spread across 29 countries. The best known is Big Hole in South Africa. The 96 best known are below; the rest are on the map.

In Africa
96
Countries
29
Share of world
4%
Little known
68 of 96

Macabre sites in Africa, by country

Every country here with at least one. Those with a page of their own link through.

Macabre sites elsewhere

Europe829 Asia130 North America494 Oceania104

Questions about this page

What are the best known macabre sites in Africa?

Big Hole in South Africa leads the list. Open-pit and underground mine in Kimberley, South Africa.

Which country in Africa has the most?

Egypt (19), South Africa (15) and Democratic Republic of the Congo (8). That ranks how much Wikidata records, not what exists on the ground.

How much of the world is that?

96 of the 2,188 macabre sites on this atlas, so 4%. The rest are on the worldwide page.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.

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