Timbuktu World Heritage Site

Official name

Timbuktu | UNESCO

Country

Mali | Map

Continent

Africa

Location

Circle and Region of Tombouctou
16.7733° Lat, -2.9994° Lon | Map

Code

119

Time Zone

Africa/Bamako (GMT, +0000)

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Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 1988. Home of the prestigious Koranic Sankore University and other madrasas , Timbuktu was an intellectual and spiritual capital and a centre for the propagation of Islam throughout Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries. Its three great mosques, Djingareyber, Sankore and Sidi Yahia, recall Timbuktu's golden age. Although continuously restored, these monuments are today under threat from desertification.