World Heritage in Burkina Faso

The World Heritage in Burkina Faso (as of 2019) includes three UNESCO World Heritage sites . Burkina Faso ratified the World Heritage Convention in 1987, and the first World Heritage site was added to the World Heritage List in 2009. The last World Heritage site to date was registered in 2019.

World heritage sites

The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Burkina Faso in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion in the World Heritage List (K - cultural heritage, N - natural heritage, K / N - mixed, (R) - on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger ).

 Map with all coordinates of World Heritage Sites: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Loropéni ruins ( location )	2009	K	1225	The ruins are the remains of a former fortification near the municipality of Loropéni in the Sud-Ouest region . The fortifications were built to protect the former Trans-Saharan trade . Much of the facility has not yet been excavated, so there is little knowledge of the facility. The plants are around 1000 years old.
View of the Arly	W-Arly-Pendjari National Park Complex	2017	N	749	includes the Arly National Park and the W National Park , shared World Heritage Sites with Benin and Niger
	Historic iron smelting sites	2019	K	1602	these include the sites of Ronguin , Tiwega , Yamané , Kindbo , Békuy and Douroula

Tentative list

The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list .

Current World Heritage candidates

As of 2019, five sites are entered in the tentative list of Burkina Faso, the last entry was made in 2012. The following table lists the sites in chronological order according to the year they were included in the tentative list.

 Map with all coordinates of current World Heritage candidates: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Bourzanga necropolis	1996	K	56	two groups of necropolis in the city of Bourzanga
	Royal Court of Tiébélé	2012	K	5653	Residence of the King of the Kassena in the city of Tiébélé
	Mare aux Hippopotames Biosphere Reserve	2012	N	5655
	Rock carvings in the Sahel region	2012	K	5657	these include the rock carvings of Pobé-Mengao , Arbinda and Markoye in the Sahel region
	Sya, historical center of Bobo-Dioulasso ( location )	2012	K	5658	Historic center of the city of Bobo-Dioulasso

Former World Heritage candidates

These sites were previously on the tentative list, but were withdrawn or rejected by UNESCO. Sites that are included in other entries on the tentative list or that are part of world heritage sites are not taken into account here.

 Map with all coordinates of former World Heritage candidates: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Niangouri	1987-1988	K
	Banfora Falls with the Pics de Sindou	1987-1996	N		includes the Cascades de Karfiguéla (waterfalls of the Comoé river ) and the Pics de Sindou (formation of steep sandstone cliffs east of the town of Sindou )
	Rock engravings from Cave Borodougou	1987-1996	K
	Koro villages	1987-1996	K

Web links

Commons : World Heritage Sites in Burkina Faso  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Burkina Faso on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Burkina Faso. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 21, 2017 . 
2. ^ Tentative list of Burkina Faso. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 21, 2017 . 
3. ^ Former Tentative Sites of Burkina Faso. In: World Heritage Site. Retrieved June 21, 2017 (English). 

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