Comoé National Park
Also known as Parc national de la Comoe
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (ix), (x).
Region
Africa
Côte d'Ivoire
Inscribed
1983
Area
1,150,000 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Comoé National Park is about 160 km east of Ferkessédougou. The nearest other World Heritage site is Sudanese Mosques of Côte d’Ivoire, about 320 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Gaoua · about 28,000 peopleabout 140 km north-east
- Ferkessédougou · about 62,000 peopleabout 160 km west
- Bondoukou · about 58,000 peopleabout 170 km south-east
- Wa · about 78,000 peopleabout 170 km north-east
- Banfora · about 60,000 peopleabout 200 km north-west
- Korhogo · about 178,000 peopleabout 210 km west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
Côte d'IvoireCultural324 km away
Burkina FasoCultural375 km away
Burkina FasoCultural384 km away
GhanaCultural388 km away
Côte d'IvoireCultural441 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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