Paysage culturel du Lac Tchad (Niger)
Paysage culturel du Lac Tchad (Niger) is part of the Tentative list of Niger in order to qualify for inclusion in the World Heritage List.
The cultural landscape of Lake Chad has been a crossroads of trade routes. Its palm trees provide essential resources; agricultural, livestock and fishery products are traded. It was the home of the Sao civilization and their descendants the Kotoko, whose fishermen's houses on the islands show elaborate architecture.
Map of Paysage culturel du Lac Tchad (Niger)
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Site Info
- Full Name
- Paysage culturel du Lac Tchad (Niger)
- Country
- Niger
- Added
- 2018
- Type
- Mixed
- Categories
- Cultural Landscape - Continuing Natural landscape - Rivers, Wetlands and Lakes
- Link
- By ID
Site History
2025 Postponed
No evaluation mission due to security situation
2024 Postponed
No evaluation mission due to security situation
2023 Postponed
"submitted in 2020, [the evaluation] could not be undertaken due to security reasons"
2021 Postponed
Due to security reasons