World Heritage in Ivory Coast

Total reserve Mount Nimba Taï National Park Comoé National Park Grand Bassam LIBERIA GUINEA MALI BURKINA FASO GHANA

World Heritage Sites in Ivory Coast

The World Heritage in Ivory Coast includes (as of 2018) four UNESCO World Heritage Sites , including one World Heritage Site and three World Natural Heritage sites. The Ivory Coast ratified the World Heritage Convention in 1981, and the first World Heritage site was added to the World Heritage List in 1981. The last World Heritage site to date was registered in 2012, and one site is on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger .

World heritage sites

The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Ivory Coast 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
	Total Reserve Mount Nimba ( location )	1981	N (R)	155	Nature reserve in the Nimbabergen , contains with the Mont Richard-Molard or Mont Nimba the highest mountain of Guinea and the Ivory Coast with 1752 meters , which lies on the border between the two states. Political unrest and its effects, as well as the planned mining of iron ore in Guinea, threaten the existence of the park. (cross-border world heritage site with Guinea)
(more pictures)	Taï National Park ( location )	1982	N	195
	Comoé National Park ( location )	1983	N	227
	Historic city of Grand-Bassam ( location )	2012	K	1322	Historic city center of Grand-Bassam , the first capital of the Ivory Coast

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 2018, three sites are entered in the tentative list of Ivory Coast, the last entry was made in 2006. 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
	Iles Ehotilé National Park ( location )	2006	N	2099
	Ahouakro Archaeological Park ( location )	2006	K / N	5087
Kong Mosque	Sudanese style mosques in the north of Ivory Coast	2006	K		with the mosques of Kaouara , Tengréla , Kouto , Nambira and the two mosques of Kong

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
	Koni ( location )	1987-1988	K
	Sukalas the Lobi	1987-1988	K		Sukalas are the traditional Lobi dwellings surrounded by a high mud wall
traditional stilt houses	Tiagba ( location )	1987-1988	K		traditional village on the north coast of the Ébrié lagoon

Web links

Commons : World Heritage Sites in Ivory Coast  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ivory Coast on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ivory Coast. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed March 14, 2018 . 
2. ^ Tentative list of the Ivory Coast. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed March 14, 2018 . 
3. ^ Former Tentative Sites of Côte d'Ivoire. In: World Heritage Site. Accessed March 14, 2018 (English). 

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