Facts and Data

Webpages:
Official Unesco Page
Sukur: a culture of the Mandara mountains

Basis Data:
Unesco World heritage since: 1999
Size of heritage:

Coordinates:
Longitude: 13,572°
Latitude: 10,741°

About

The Sukur Cultural Landscape, with the Palace of the Hidi (Chief) on a hill dominating the villages below, the terraced fields and their sacred symbols, and the extensive remains of a former flourishing iron industry, is a remarkably intact physical expression of a society and its spiritual and material culture.


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Near airports
Salak Airport
Medium airport - 51 mi (82 km) Kaélé Airport
Small airport - 74 mi (120 km) Maiduguri International Airport
Medium airport - 84 mi (136 km) Garoua International Airport
Medium airport - 98 mi (158 km) Yagoua Airport
Small airport - 116 mi (187 km) Bongor Airport
Small airport - 127 mi (205 km) Yola Airport
Medium airport - 129 mi (207 km) Pala Airport
Small airport - 132 mi (212 km)
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