Sukur Cultural Landscape
UNESCO Map
Description: 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.
Date inscribed: 1999.0
Area in hectares: 764,4
Category specified: Cultural
State: Nigeria
Region: Africa