Sukur Cultural Landscape

In the Mandara Mountains, on a hill above the village of Sukur, this is Africa’s first cultural landscape on the World Heritage List, inscribed in 1999. The palace of the Hidi, the chief, overlooks the village and its terraced fields.

Key facts

Before you go.

Starting point: Sukur village, Adamawa StateSukur (Wikipedia)
GPS coordinates: 10.74056, 13.57194Sukur (Wikipedia)

Good to know

Three things to remember.

Iron Age relics, furnaces, ore and grindstones, predate the Sukur settlement.
Sukur (Wikipedia)
The access path, paved with granite slabs and 5.7 m wide, comes in from the north and east.
Sukur (Wikipedia)
The palace still houses the chief of the clan.
Sukur (Wikipedia)

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Sukur (Wikipedia)
Sukur or Sukur Cultural Landscape is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located on a hill above the village of Sukur in the Adamawa State of Nigeria. It is situated in the Mandara Mountains […] Sukur is Africa's first cultural landscape to receive World Heritage List inscription. […] Iron Age relics found in the form of furnaces, ore, and grindstones at the site have been established to be of pre-Sukur existence. […] Its inscription by UNESCO, done under the Criteria of iii, v and vi in 1999, is based on the cultural heritage of the Hidi's Palace complex and village, material culture, and the natural terraced fields […] The palace continues to house the chief of the clan and his wife. […] The access path paved with granite stone slabs is from the north and east and is paved; it is of 5.7-metre (19 ft) width. (coordinates 10.74055556, 13.57194444)

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