World Heritage in Nigeria

Sukur cultural landscape Sacred grove of the goddess Osun

World Heritage Sites in Nigeria

The world heritage in Nigeria (as of 2017) includes two UNESCO world heritage sites , both of which are world cultural heritage sites. Nigeria ratified the World Heritage Convention in 1974, and the first World Heritage site was added to the World Heritage List in 1999. The last World Heritage site to date was registered in 2005.

World heritage sites

The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Nigeria in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion on 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
	Cultural landscape of Sukur ( location )	1999	K	938
	Sacred grove of the goddess Osun in Oshogbo ( location )	2005	K	1118	on the outskirts of the city of Oshogbo

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 2020, 14 sites are entered in the tentative list of Nigeria, the last entry was made in 2020. 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
	Benin Iya / Sungbos Eredo	1995	K	488
	Old oyo	1995	K	489
	Kwiambana and / or Ningi	1995	K	492	Kwiambana are the ruins of a settlement on an island mountain, Ningi an Islamic city
The Kwa waterfalls	Oban Hill / Korup ( location )	1995	N	493	The Oban Hills are a rainforest-covered hilly landscape in southeastern Nigeria and extend into Cameroon, where they are part of the Korup National Park .
	Mangrove forests of the Niger Delta	1995	N	494	Mangrove forests in the Niger Delta
	Gashaka Gumti National Park ( location )	1995	N	495
	Oke Idanre (Idanre Hill)	2007	K	5169
	Arochukwu Long Juju Slave Route (Cave Temple Complex)	2007	K	5170
	Ancient Kano City Walls and Associated Sites	2007	K	5171	The former city walls of the old city of Kano are earthworks from the 12th to 14th centuries. The Dala Hill , the Kurmi Market and the Emir's Palace are also part of the world heritage .
	Cultural landscape of Surame ( location )	2007	K / N	5172	Ruins of the capital of a kingdom from the 15th and 16th centuries
	Monoliths from Alok Ikom	2007	K	5173
	Ogbunike caves	2007	K / N	5174
	The cultural landscape around Lake Chad.	2018	K / N	6360	It is a transnational application from Cameroon , Niger , Nigeria and Chad .
	Cross River - Korup - Takamanda (CRIKOT) National Park	2020	N	6204	It is a transnational application with Cameroon . Includes the still existing Oban-Hügel / Korup nomination .

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
	Kainji Lake National Park ( location )	1980-1980	N	123	consists of two parts on both sides of the Kainji reservoir
	Birni Gazargamu and Gambaru	1980-1981	K		Birni Gazargamu , the former capital of Bornu , with the residence Gambaru 6 km to the north
	Abuja (New Capital) ( Location )	1988-1995	K
	Museum of Traditional Nigerian Architecture - Jos	1988-1995	K		Architecture museum in the city of Jos

Web links

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

• Nigeria on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nigeria. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 27, 2017 . 
2. ^ Tentative list of Nigeria. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 27, 2017 . 
3. ^ Former Tentative Sites of Nigeria. In: World Heritage Site. Retrieved June 27, 2017 (English). 

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