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Properties
Transboundary
5
States Parties with properties out of 196
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Delisted
In Danger
Cultural
Natural
Mixed
Year Name of the property Country Type Region Property (ha) ID
1978 Island of Gorée SN C AFR 0 26
1981 Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary SN N AFR 16,000 25
1981 Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve * CI N AFR 17,540 155
1981 Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve * GN N AFR 17,540 155
1981 Niokolo-Koba National Park SN N AFR 913,000 153
1982 Taï National Park CI N AFR 508,186 195
1983 Comoé National Park CI N AFR 0 227
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
2000 Island of Saint-Louis SN C AFR 0 956
2003 Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites GM C AFR 8 761
2004 Tomb of Askia ML C AFR 4 1139
2006 Stone Circles of Senegambia * GM C AFR 10 1226
2006 Stone Circles of Senegambia * SN C AFR 10 1226
2011 Saloum Delta SN C AFR 145,811 1359
2012 Bassari Country: Bassari, Fula and Bedik Cultural Landscapes SN C AFR 50,309 1407
2012 Historic Town of Grand-Bassam CI C AFR 110 1322
2021 Sudanese style mosques in northern Côte d’Ivoire CI C AFR 0 1648

*: 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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