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States Parties:Burkina Fasoclose Cabo Verdeclose Côte d''Ivoireclose Gambiaclose Guinea-Bissauclose Nigeriaclose Togoclose
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4
Transboundary
6
States Parties with properties out of 196
0
Delisted
1
In Danger
11
Cultural
4
Natural
0
Mixed
Year Name of the property Country Type Region Property (ha) ID
1981 Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve * CI N AFR 17,540 155
1982 Taï National Park CI N AFR 508,186 195
1983 Comoé National Park CI N AFR 0 227
1996 W-Arly-Pendjari Complex * BF N AFR 1,714,831 749
1999 Sukur Cultural Landscape NG C AFR 764 938
2003 Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites GM C AFR 8 761
2004 Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba * TG C AFR 271,826 1140
2005 Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove NG C AFR 75 1118
2006 Stone Circles of Senegambia * GM C AFR 10 1226
2009 Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande CV C AFR 209 1310
2009 Ruins of Loropéni BF C AFR 1 1225
2012 Historic Town of Grand-Bassam CI C AFR 110 1322
2019 Ancient Ferrous Metallurgy Sites of Burkina Faso BF C AFR 122 1602
2021 Sudanese style mosques in northern Côte d’Ivoire CI C AFR 0 1648
2024 Royal Court of Tiébélé BF C AFR 2 1713

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Cultural Natural Mixed

Property inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger

Cultural Natural Mixed

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