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This article lists the sites registered with World Heritage in Guinea.

Understand

Guinea ratifies the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage . The first protected site was inscribed in 1981.

In 2013, Guinea had 1 site registered with World Heritage, cultural.

The country has also submitted 3 cultural sites to the tentative list.

Listing

The following site is listed as a World Heritage Site.

SiteTypeCriterionDescriptionDrawing
1 Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve Cultural(ix), (x)Located on the edge of the Guinea, from Liberia and some Ivory Coast, Mount Nimba dominates the surrounding savannas. Its slopes, covered with a dense forest at the foot of grassy alpine meadows, conceal a particularly rich flora and fauna, with endemic species such as the viviparous toad or the chimpanzees which use stones as tools.Voa Guinea chimpanzee picking 30jan08.jpg
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(i)Represent a masterpiece of human creative genius.
(ii)To testify to a considerable exchange of influences during a given period or in a specific cultural area, on the development of architecture or technology, monumental arts, city planning or the creation of landscapes.
(iii)To bring a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or a living or disappeared civilization.
(iv)To be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates one or more significant periods in human history.
(v)Be a prominent example of traditional human settlement, traditional use of land or sea.
(vi)To be directly or materially associated with events or living traditions, ideas, beliefs or artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance.
(vii)Represent natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance.
(viii)To be eminently representative examples of the great stages in the history of the Earth.
(ix)To be eminently representative examples of ecological and biological processes underway in the evolution and development of ecosystems.
(x)Contain the most representative natural habitats and the most important for conservation in situ of biological diversity.
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