Sukur Cultural Landscape
Madagali Local Government Area, Adamawa State
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Identifier |
938 |
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states |
ng |
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category |
cultural |
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criteria |
(iii)(v)(vi) |
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Title |
sukur cultural landscape |
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latitude |
10.7405595779 |
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longitude |
13.5719404221 |
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location |
madagali local government area, adamawa state |
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Region |
africa |
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year |
1999 |
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unique number |
1093 |
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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. |
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justification |
criterion (iii): sukur is an exceptional landscape which graphically illustrates a form of land-use that marks a critical stage in human settlement and its relationship with its environment. criterion (v): the cultural landscape of sukur has survived unchanged for many centuries, and continues to do so at a period when this form of traditional human settlement is under threat in many parts of the world. criterion vi the cultural landscape of sukur is eloquent testimony to a strong and continuing cultural tradition that has endured for many centuries. |
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