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Nuba Mountains Sacred Groves & Trees (Sudan)
Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan, Sudan
Sudan
Active
Regional cluster
- Location
- Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan, Sudan
- Coordinates
- ~11.0°N 30.0°E
- Elevation
- Nuba inselberg uplands
- Size
- Varies
- Age / Founded
- Ancient (Nuba traditional belief)
- Status
- Active
- Deity & Religion
- Ancestral/nature spirits ('first temples of God'); Nuba traditional religion
- Community & Guardians
- Nuba peoples
- Vernacular name
- Sacred grove / sacred tree
- Record type
- Regional cluster
Cultural practices & uses
Sacred groves with sanctions & seasonal restrictions; sacred trees (e.g., Ziziphus spina-christi)
Plant species
Sudanian savanna trees; Ziziphus spina-christi (sacred)
Biome & fauna
Nuba Mountains savanna/woodland
Threats & protection
Community sanctions & taboos; conflict & land pressures
Source
Sacred Sites of Sudan (sacredsites.com); 'Useful wild tree resources of southern Sudan'