Loropéni
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Loropéni is a market town in southern Burkina Faso, lying about west of Gaoua. Nearby are the medieval stone ruins of Loropéni, added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2009. These ruins of a fortress, which date back at least a thousand years, are the country's first World Heritage Site.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Loropéni is referenced by 22 other articles, and connects out to Burkina Faso, UNESCO and time zone.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 5 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Mining communities in Africa, Mining in Burkina Faso and Poni Province.
Its subject is documented across 22 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Loropéni
- Settlement.image_skyline
- 2016.05-441-131ap wall Loropéni Ruins nr.Loropéni(Poni Prv.),BF sun15may2016-1106h.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Remains of defensive walls at the ruins of Loropéni, May 2016
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Burkina Faso
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Burkina Faso
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Sud-Ouest
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Poni
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Loropéni
- Settlement.timezone
- GMT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +0
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.child
- yes
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.official_name
- Ruins of Loropéni
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.criteria
- (iii)
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID
- 1225rev
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Burkina Faso
- Located in
- Djôrô
- Area
- 278.4
- Official website
- www.ruinesdeloropeni.gov.bf/html/identification.htm
- Image
- 2016.05-441-131ap wall Loropéni Ruins nr.Loropéni(Poni Prv.),BF sun15may2016-1106h.jpg
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- Commons category
- Loropéni
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Encyclopedic overview
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- References
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|image_skyline = 2016.05-441-131ap wall Loropéni Ruins nr.Loropéni(Poni Prv.),BF sun15may2016-1106h.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Remains of defensive walls at the ruins of Loropéni, May 2016 |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Burkina Faso |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption =Location within Burkina Faso |pushpin_mapsize =
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Loropéni” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
5 mapped locations