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Senegal ratified the World Heritage Convention on 13 February, 1976. As of August 2010, it has five World Heritage Sites, of which three are in the cultural category and two in the natural category. One of the sites in the natural category is also on the list of World Heritage in Danger. Senegal also has another y sites on the World Heritage Tentative List.

World Heritage Sites in Senegal

Musée historique du Sénégal in Gorée
Musée historique du Sénégal in Gorée
Author: Cacon (public domain)

  1. Island of Gorée
  2. Niokolo-Koba National Park
  3. Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
  4. Island of Saint-Louis
  5. Stone Circles of Senegambia
  6. Saloum Delta (2011)

Sites in Senegal on the World Heritage Tentative List

  1. L'Aéropostale (2005)
  2. Le Pays Bassari : traditions culturelles bassari, bedik, koniagui, bapen (2005)
  3. L'île de Carabane (2005)
  4. Architecture rurale de Basse-Casamance: Les cases à impluvium du royaume Bandial (2005)
  5. Parc National des îles de la Madeleine (2005)
  6. Les Escales du Fleuve Sénégal (2005)
  7. Les tumulus de Cekeen (2005)
  8. Le Lac Rose (2005)
  9. Le Vieux Rufisque (2005)

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This website celebrating the World Heritage Sites is a hobby website that is not in any way connected to UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and is not associated in any way with it. Any mention of UNESCO on this website is intended to describe the inscription and recognition of the World Heritage Sites by the institution, and does not in any way imply that UNESCO endorse the description and information provided.