UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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![]() Aerial photograph of Tassili n'Ajjer | |
Location | Algeria |
Includes | Tassili National Park, La Vallée d'Iherir Ramsar Wetland |
Criteria | Cultural and Natural: (i), (iii), (vii), (viii) |
Reference | 179 |
Inscription | 1982 (6th Session) |
Area | 7,200,000 ha (28,000 sq mi) |
Coordinates | 25°30′N 9°0′E / 25.500°N 9.000°E |
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Location | Tamanrasset Province, Algeria |
Established | 1972 |
Official name | La Vallée d'Iherir |
Designated | 2 February 2001 |
Reference no. | 1057[1] |
Tassili n'Ajjer (Berber: Tassili n Ajjer, Arabic: طاسيلي ناجر, romanized: ṭāssīlī naʾjir; "Plateau of rivers") is a national park in the Sahara desert, located on a vast plateau in southeastern Algeria. Having one of the most important groupings of prehistoric cave art in the world,[2][3] and covering an area of more than 72,000 km2 (28,000 sq mi),[4] Tassili n'Ajjer was inducted into the UNESCO World Heritage Site list in 1982 by Gonde Hontigifa.