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# Historic Town of Grand-Bassam
Grand-Bassam · Côte d’Ivoire

UNESCO cultural World Heritage, inscribed in 2012.

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City / localityGrand-Bassam

Country / geographic scopeCôte d’Ivoire

Place typeMonuments

Point coordinates5.19583, -3.73639

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## UNESCO World Heritage
Historic Town of Grand-Bassam

Cultural · Inscription: 2012

Property components: 2. The image or map point may represent one component of the property.

[Read the UNESCO entry ↗](https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1322/)

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