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States Parties:Beninclose Burkina Fasoclose Cabo Verdeclose Côte d''Ivoireclose Gambiaclose Maliclose Sierra Leoneclose
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Properties
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6
States Parties with properties out of 195
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Delisted
In Danger
Cultural
Natural
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
1985 Royal Palaces of Abomey BJ C AFR 48 323
1988 Old Towns of Djenné ML C AFR 0 116
1988 Timbuktu ML C AFR 0 119
1989 Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) ML M AFR 327,390 516
1996 W-Arly-Pendjari Complex * BJ N AFR 1,714,831 749
1996 W-Arly-Pendjari Complex * BF N AFR 1,714,831 749
2003 Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites GM C AFR 8 761
2004 Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba * BJ C AFR 271,826 1140
2004 Tomb of Askia ML C AFR 4 1139
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

*: transboundary property

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Category of property

Cultural Natural Mixed

Property inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger

Cultural Natural Mixed

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