World Heritage in Senegal

Gorée Djoudj National Park Niokolo-Koba National Park Isle of Saint Louis Senegambian stone circles Saloum Delta Bassari country MAURITANIA MALI GUINEA GUINEA-BISSAU GAMBIA

World Heritage Sites in Senegal

The world heritage in Senegal (as of 2016) includes seven UNESCO world heritage sites , including five world cultural heritage sites and two world natural heritage sites. The West African state of Senegal ratified the World Heritage Convention in 1976, and in 1978 the island of Gorée was one of the twelve sites that were the first to be included in the World Heritage List. The last World Heritage Site to date in Senegal was registered in 2012.

World heritage sites

The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Senegal 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
	Gorée Island	1978	K	26th
	Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary	1981	N	25th
	Niokolo-Koba National Park	1981	N (R)	153
	Isle of Saint Louis	2000	K	956
	Senegambian stone circles	2006	K	1226	The cross-border World Heritage Site in Senegal includes the stone circles of Sine Ngayène ( Lage ) and Wanar ( Lage ) as well as two other stone circles in Gambia .
	Saloum Delta	2011	K	1359
	Bassari country: cultural landscapes of the Bassari, Fula and Bedik	2012	K	1407	Habitat of the Bassari , Fula and Bedik in the Bassari Land

Tentative list

The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list . Currently (2016) eight sites are entered in the tentative list of Senegal, the last entry was made in 2005. The following table lists the sites in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion in the tentative list.

 Map with all coordinates of current World Heritage candidates: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
Post hotel in Saint-Louis	L'Aéropostale	2005	K	2072	Traces of the French airmail in Saint-Louis (water landing pad, Posthotel) and Dakar (water landing pad, tower, memorial plaques)
	Carabane Island ( location )	2005	K	2075
	Rural architecture of Basse-Casamance: the impluvium houses of the Kingdom of Bandial	2005	K	2076
	Iles de la Madeleine	2005	K / N	2077	uninhabited archipelago off the Atlantic coast of the capital Dakar near Cap Vert .
	Intermediate stations of the Senegal River	2005	K	2078	During the colonial era, several trading bases were built on the Senegal River . The most important are Dagana , Podor , Richard Toll , Salde and Matam .
	Barrows of Cekeen	2005	K	2079
	Retba lake ( location )	2005	K / N	2080
	Old Rufisque	2005	K	2081	Historic areas of the city of Rufisque

Web links

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

• Senegal on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Senegal. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed April 15, 2018 . 
2. ^ Tentative list of Senegal. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed April 15, 2018 . 

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