A dry stone gateway on the terraced hillside at Sukur, above the plain in Adamawa State.
Heritage

Sukur Cultural Landscape: Visitor and Heritage Guide

A hilltop kingdom with terraced fields and the remains of an iron industry: one of only two World Heritage properties in Nigeria, on the Cameroon border.
  • Country Nigeria
  • Category Heritage
  • Reviewed 20 August 2026
  • Sources 2
  • Length 2 min read

Credit Culture Hero, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sukur is in the Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State, in Nigeria’s remote north east. This page is a record of what the place is. It is not an encouragement to go there, and nothing below should be read as one.

We include it because Sukur is one of only two World Heritage properties Nigeria has, and a publication about African heritage that drops part of a country's heritage has confused a record with an itinerary.

Sources

  1. UNESCO: Sukur Cultural Landscape
  2. UNESCO: World Heritage in Nigeria

The inscription, dimensions, elevation and description are from the UNESCO listing for the Sukur Cultural Landscape, ref 938, read on 20 August 2026.