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3
Transboundary
8
States Parties with properties out of 195
0
Delisted
5
In Danger
16
Cultural
4
Natural
1
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
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
1991 Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves NE N AFR 7,736,000 573
1996 W-Arly-Pendjari Complex * BJ N AFR 1,714,831 749
1996 W-Arly-Pendjari Complex * BF N AFR 1,714,831 749
1996 W-Arly-Pendjari Complex * NE N AFR 1,714,831 749
2000 Island of Saint-Louis SN C AFR 0 956
2004 Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba * BJ C AFR 271,826 1140
2004 Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba * TG C AFR 271,826 1140
2004 Tomb of Askia ML C AFR 4 1139
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
2013 Historic Centre of Agadez NE C AFR 78 1268
2019 Ancient Ferrous Metallurgy Sites of Burkina Faso BF C AFR 122 1602

*: 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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