diy gid biy
states: [cameroon]
category: cultural
year: 2025
region: Africa
latitude/longitude: 10.9033333333, 13.7955555556
unesco id: 1745
world heritage site: 1745
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The Diy-Gid-Biy Cultural Landscape, inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in July 2025, is a remarkable archaeological site in Cameroon’s Mandara Mountains, featuring 16 dry stone structures, including terraces and platforms, dating from the 12th to 17th centuries. Named “place of chiefly residence” in the Mafa language, these sites, built by ancestors of the local Mafa people, served various ceremonial, residential, and agricultural purposes. Despite being uninhabited today, the landscape remains spiritually significant, with the Mafa continuing cultural practices that bring the sites to life.