Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)

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World Heritage Site cultural landscape sandstone escarpment

The Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) is a dramatic sandstone escarpment in Mali renowned for its ancient Dogon villages, unique architecture, and rich cultural and spiritual traditions.

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Label Occurrences
Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) canonical 2
Cliff of Bandiagara 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site ⓘ
cultural landscape ⓘ
sandstone escarpment ⓘ
area 400000 hectares ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup Dogon people NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedPeople Dogon NERFINISHED ⓘ
bufferZoneArea 100000 hectares ⓘ
contains Dogon villages ⓘ
agricultural terraces ⓘ
ancient cliff dwellings ⓘ
burial caves ⓘ
granaries ⓘ
ritual sanctuaries ⓘ
rock shelters ⓘ
togu na (men’s meeting houses) NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Mali ⓘ
culturalRegion Land of the Dogons NERFINISHED ⓘ
earlierInhabitants Tellem people NERFINISHED ⓘ
geologicalFormation sandstone plateau and escarpment ⓘ
governingBody Malian cultural heritage authorities ⓘ
hasViewOver Seno-Gondo plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageType mixed cultural and natural values ⓘ
inscriptionYear 1989 ⓘ
knownFor Dogon architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
funerary rituals ⓘ
masked dances ⓘ
rich intangible cultural heritage ⓘ
sacred sites ⓘ
traditional Dogon cosmology ⓘ
laterInhabitants Dogon people NERFINISHED ⓘ
length about 150 km ⓘ
locatedIn Bandiagara region NERFINISHED ⓘ
central Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ
maximumHeight about 500 m ⓘ
periodOfOccupation since at least the 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
threats climate change ⓘ
socio-economic changes ⓘ
tourism pressure ⓘ
tourismActivity cultural tourism ⓘ
trekking and hiking ⓘ
traditionalBuildingMaterial mud ⓘ
stone ⓘ
wood ⓘ
UNESCORegion Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 516 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iii) ⓘ
(v) ⓘ
(vii) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World Heritage Sites in Africa → hasComponentSite → Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) ⓘ
Dogon → regionUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cliff of Bandiagara
Mopti Region → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) ⓘ