Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in November 1999. Sukur Kingdom is located on the Mandara Mountains which straddle the Nigerian and Cameroonian border. The site is sited about 1100 meters above sea-level and accessed by natural stone paved footpaths that ascend the hills..

Declared a National Monument on 5th August 1965 and enlisted into the prestigious UNESCO World Heritage list on 15th July 2005, as Nigeria’s second World Heritage Site under the title Cultural Landscape. Together with the shrine, its grove and the surrounding land within a radius of 122m from the Northern most corner of the shrine building. The shrine is set in a clearing in the midst of a beautiful grove with majestic trees.