Bassari Country

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Bassari Country: Bassari, Fula and Bedik Cultural Landscapes
UNESCO World Heritage site

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Bedik village
Location Senegal
Includes
  1. Bassari Salémata
  2. Bédik Bandafassi
  3. Peul Dindéfello
Criteria Cultural: (iii), (v), (vi)
Reference 1407
Inscription 2012 (36th Session)
Area 50,309 ha (124,320 acres)
Buffer zone 240,756 ha (594,920 acres)
Coordinates 12°35′36″N12°50′45″W / 12.59333°N 12.84583°W / 12.59333; -12.84583 Coordinates: 12°35′36″N12°50′45″W / 12.59333°N 12.84583°W / 12.59333; -12.84583
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Location of Bassari Country in Senegal.

The Bassari Country and its Bassari, Fula and Bedik Cultural Landscapes, located in the southeast of Senegal, is a well-preserved multicultural landscape which emerged from the interaction of human activities and the natural environment. It aggregates three geographical areas: the Bassari–Salémata area, the Bedik–Bandafassi area and the Fula–Dindéfello area, each one with its specifics morphological characteristics. [1]

Senegal republic in Western Africa

Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country in West Africa. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania in the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast, and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal also borders The Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country. Senegal also shares a maritime border with Cape Verde. Senegal's economic and political capital is Dakar.

In 2012, the Bassari Country with its Bassari, Fula and Bedik Cultural Landscapes was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. [2]

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World Heritage Site place listed by the UNESCO as of special cultural or natural significance

A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area which is selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties. The sites are judged important to the collective interests of humanity.

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Cultural landscape Landscape, which is permanently embossed by humans

A cultural landscape, as defined by the World Heritage Committee, is the "cultural properties [that] represent the combined works of nature and of man".

  1. "a landscape designed and created intentionally by man"
  2. an "organically evolved landscape" which may be a "relict landscape" or a "continuing landscape"
  3. an "associative cultural landscape" which may be valued because of the "religious, artistic or cultural associations of the natural element."

References

  1. ↑ "Bassari Country: Bassari, Fula and Bedik Cultural Landscapes". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Twenty-six new sites inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List this year". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 May 2015.


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