UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Gambia
Gambia has 1 site on the UNESCO World Heritage List (1 cultural), the first inscribed in 2006 (Stone Circles of Senegambia). The map below plots it alongside the rest of the List, and each site is written up in full further down the page.
- World Heritage Sites
- 1
- Cultural
- 1
- Natural and Mixed
- 0
- First Inscribed
- 2006
Map of World Heritage Sites in Gambia
CulturalNaturalMixedIn DangerLarge dots are in Gambia. Click a dot to read about the site.
Stone Circles of Senegambia
Gambia · 13.7000° N, 14.8667° W · 88 km from Kolda
The site consists of four large groups of stone circles that represent an extraordinary concentration of over 1,000 monuments in a band 100 km wide along some 350 km of the River Gambia. The four groups, Sine Ngayène, Wanar, Wassu and Kerbatch, cover 93 stone circles and numerous tumuli, burial mounds, some of which have been excavated to reveal material that suggest dates between 3rd century BC and 16th century AD. Together the stone circles of laterite pillars and their associated burial mounds present a vast sacred landscape created over more than 1,500 years. It reflects a prosperous, highly organized and lasting society.
Description from the UNESCO World Heritage Centre (CC BY-SA IGO 3.0).
Why Stone Circles of Senegambia Is Listed
- (i)
- A masterpiece of human creative genius.
- (iii)
- A unique testimony to a cultural tradition or civilisation.
World Heritage in Gambia: Quick Answers
- How many UNESCO World Heritage Sites are in Gambia?
- Gambia has 1 World Heritage Site: 1 cultural.
- What was the first World Heritage Site in Gambia?
- Stone Circles of Senegambia, inscribed in 2006.
- Are any World Heritage Sites in Gambia in danger?
- None of the World Heritage Sites in Gambia is on UNESCO's List of World Heritage in Danger.