World Heritage in Liberia

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Liberia acceded to the World Heritage Convention in 2002. So far (as of 2016) no site in Liberia has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage .

Tentative list

The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list . Currently (2016) two sites are entered in the tentative list of Liberia, the last entry was made in 2017. The following table lists the sites in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion in the tentative list (K - cultural heritage, N - natural heritage, K / N - mixed).

f1Georeferencing Map with all coordinates of current World Heritage candidates: OSM

image designation year Type Ref. description
Strict nature reserve Mount Nimba
Strict Nature Reserve Mount Nimba
( location )
2017 N 6246 Expansion of the existing world heritage site (cross-border with Ivory Coast and Guinea ) to include areas in Liberia
Providence Island
Providence Island
( location )
2017 K 6247 River island of the Mesurado River in Liberia's capital Monrovia , landing site of the first released slaves to return from America.

Web links

  • Liberia on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

  1. Liberia. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 2017 .
  2. ^ Tentative list of Liberia. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 14, 2017 .