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Sukur Cultural Landscape
| Site number: | 938 |
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| Type of site: | Cultural | |
| Date of Inscription: | 1999 | |
| Location: | Africa, Nigeria, Madagali Local Government Area, Adamawa State | |
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| Description: | The Sukur Cultural Landscape is an astonishingly unharmed physical expression of a society and its spiritual and material culture. Sitting on one of its hills is the Palace of the Hidi (Chief); it overlooks the villages below, the terraced fields and their revered symbols, as well as the widespread remnants of a previously prosperous iron industry. --WHMNet paraphrase from the description at WHC Site, where additional information is available. | |
| Sukur or Sukur Cultural Landscape is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the Northeastern part of Nigeria. It was designated one in 1999 because of its palace, terraced fields, and village, which remain intact. --Wikipedia. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. | ||
| Source: | http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/938 | |
| Reference: | 1. UNESCO World Heritage Center, Site Page. | |