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States Parties:Burkina Fasoclose Cabo Verdeclose Ghanaclose Guinea-Bissauclose Nigeriaclose Senegalclose Sierra Leoneclose
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Properties
2
Transboundary
5
States Parties with properties out of 196
0
Delisted
0
In Danger
13
Cultural
3
Natural
0
Mixed
Year Name of the property Country Type Region Property (ha) ID
1978 Island of Gorée SN C AFR 0 26
1979 Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions GH C AFR 0 34
1980 Asante Traditional Buildings GH C AFR 0 35
1981 Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary SN N AFR 16,000 25
1981 Niokolo-Koba National Park SN N AFR 913,000 153
1996 W-Arly-Pendjari Complex * BF N AFR 1,714,831 749
1999 Sukur Cultural Landscape NG C AFR 764 938
2000 Island of Saint-Louis SN C AFR 0 956
2005 Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove NG C AFR 75 1118
2006 Stone Circles of Senegambia * SN 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
2011 Saloum Delta SN C AFR 145,811 1359
2012 Bassari Country: Bassari, Fula and Bedik Cultural Landscapes SN C AFR 50,309 1407
2019 Ancient Ferrous Metallurgy Sites of Burkina Faso BF C AFR 122 1602
2024 Royal Court of Tiébélé BF C AFR 2 1713

*: transboundary property

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Cultural Natural Mixed

Property inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger

Cultural Natural Mixed

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