gola tiwai
states: [sierra leone]
category: natural
year: 2025
region: Africa
latitude/longitude: 7.5411666667, -11.3478888889
unesco id: 1746
world heritage site: 1746
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The Gola-Tiwai Complex, Sierra Leone’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site, encompasses the Gola Rainforest National Park and Tiwai Island Wildlife Sanctuary, forming a biodiversity hotspot within the Upper Guinean Forest. It hosts over 1,000 plant species, 113 endemic, and 55 mammals, including the endangered African forest elephant and pygmy hippopotamus, alongside 448 bird species like the white-necked rockfowl.