Sukur
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Sukur or Sukur Cultural Landscape is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located on a hill above the village of Sukur in the Adamawa State of Nigeria. It is situated in the Mandara Mountains, close to the border with Cameroon. Its UNESCO inscription is based on the cultural heritage, material culture, and the naturally-terraced fields. Sukur is Africa's first cultural landscape to receive World Heritage List inscription.
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- UNESCO World Heritage Site.WHS
- Sukur Cultural Landscape
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.image
- Sukur2.jpg
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.image_upright
- 1.2
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.location
- Madagali, Nigeria
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.criteria
- (iii), (v), (vi)
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID
- 938
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.year
- 1999
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.locmapin
- Nigeria
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- 1.178
- Image
- Sukur Cultural Landscape (3).jpg
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Sukur or Sukur Cultural Landscape is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located on a hill above the village of Sukur in the Adamawa State of Nigeria. It is situated in the Mandara Mountains, close to the border with Cameroon. Its UNESCO inscription is based on the cultural heritage, material culture, and the naturally-terraced fields. Sukur is Africa's first cultural landscape to receive World Heritage List inscription.
==Etymology== 'Sukur' means "vengeance" in Margi and Libi languages. It also means "feuding" in the Bura language, a neighbouring and mutually intelligible language the Sukur people.
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