Lists of cemeteries
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These lists of cemeteries compile notable cemeteries, mausolea, and other places people are buried worldwide. Reasons for notability include their design, their history, and their interments.
Lists of cemeteries by country
Africa
Algeria
Thaalibia Cemetery, Casbah of Algiers
St. Eugene Cemetery, Algiers
Sidi Garidi Cemetery, Kouba
Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine Cemetery, Belouizdad
El Kettar Cemetery, Oued Koriche
Egypt
Beni Hasan
City of the Dead (Cairo)
Deir El Bersha
El Bagawat
El Hawawish
Fagg El Gamous
Gabbari necropolis
Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery
Heliopolis War Cemetery
Meir, Egypt
Rifeh
El Sheikh Sa'id
Tell El Kebir
Umm El Qa'ab
Kenya
Morocco
Bab Aghmat cemetery
Bab Ftouh cemetery
Bab Mahrouk cemetery
Ben M'Sik European Cemetery
Chellah – archeological site and necropolis
Jewish Cemetery of Marrakech
Jewish Cemetery in Fez
Marinid Tombs
Saadian Tombs
Nigeria
Ibadan Military Cemetery
Ikoyi Cemetery
Port Harcourt Cemetery
Yaba Cemetery
Mubo Cemetery
Atan Cemetery
Hawkins Cemetery
South Africa
Westpark Cemetery
Americas
Argentina
La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires – burial site of Eva Perón, Federico Leloir, and many other Argentine figures
La Chacarita Cemetery (or "National Cemetery"), Buenos Aires – burial site of Juan Peron (until 2006), Carlos Gardel and many other notables.
Cementerio del Oeste, Tucumán
Cementerio San José de Flores, Buenos Aires
Bolivia
General Cemetery of La Paz
General Cemetery of Santa Cruz
La Llamita Cemetery
Brazil
Cemitério da Consolação, São Paulo – burial site of writer Mário de Andrade, Monteiro Lobato, painter Tarsila do Amaral, former Brazil's president Campos Sales
Cemitério do Morumbi, São Paulo – burial site of singer Elis Regina, F1 racer Ayrton Senna, actor and comedian Ronald Golias
Cemitério dos Protestantes, São Paulo
Cemitério de Vila Formosa, São Paulo – the biggest cemetery in Latin America
Cemitério São João Batista, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro. Burial site of Alberto Santos-Dumont, early pioneer of aviation; singer/actress Carmen Miranda, and composer Tom Jobim.
Canada
Colombia
Central Cemetery of Bogotá – Burial site of several national heroes, poets and former Colombian presidents
Central Cemetery of Tunja
Central Cemetery of Valledupar
Jardines de Paz
San Pedro Cemetery Museum
Ecuador
Cementerio General de Guayaquil
Cementerio de Tulcán
Cementerio de San Diego (Quito)
Falkland Islands
Argentine Military Cemetery – military cemetery on East Falkland that holds the remains of 237 Argentine combatants killed during the 1982 Falklands War.
Blue Beach Military Cemetery at San Carlos – British war cemetery holding the remains of 14 of the 255 British casualties killed during the Falklands War.
Mexico
Paraguay
National Pantheon of the Heroes
Recoleta Cemetery, Asuncion
Peru
Chauchilla Cemetery – over 1,000 years old
Nueva Esperanza Cemetery – popular cemetery in southern Lima
Presbítero Maestro – cemetery in Lima with significant political and military figures
Sillustani-Incan Burial Ground
United States
Uruguay
Puerto Rico
Cementerio Católico San Vicente de Paul
Cementerio Municipal de Mayagüez
Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro
Puerto Rico National Cemetery
Santa María Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery
Asia
Bangladesh
Christian cemetery, over 200 years old.
Chittagong Commonwealth War Cemetery
Maynamati War Cemetery
China
India
Agaram cemetery, Bangalore
Armenian Cemetery, Hyderabad
Arthat St.
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