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Africa

Algeria

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year
Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad	Saharan Atlas	Cultural	1980
Djémila	Sétif	Cultural	1982
Kasbah of Algiers	Algiers	Cultural	1992
M'zab Valley	M'zab	Cultural	1982
Tassili n'Ajjer	Saharan Algeria	Mixed	1982
Timgad	Batna	Cultural	1982
Tipasa	Tipaza	Cultural	1982

Benin

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Royal Palaces of Abomey	Abomey	Cultural	1985

Botswana

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Tsodilo	Okavango Delta	Cultural	2001
Okavango Delta	Okavango Delta	Natural	2014

Burkina Faso

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
The Ruins of Loropéni	Gaoua	Cultural	2009

Cameroon

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Dja Faunal Reserve	South Cameroon Plateau	Natural	1987
Sangha Trinational	South Cameroon Plateau	Natural	2012	Shared with Central African Republic and Rep. Congo

Cape Verde

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande	Cidade Velha	Cultural	2009

Central African Republic

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park	Northeast Central African Republic	Natural	1988	Listed as in danger since 1997
Sangha Trinational	Southwest Central African Republic	Natural	2012	Shared with Cameroon and Rep. Congo

Congo, Republic of the

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Sangha Trinational	Sangha and Likouala	Natural	2012	Shared with Central African Republic and Cameroon

Côte d'Ivoire

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Comoe National Park	Northern Savanna	Natural	1983	Listed as in danger since 2003
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve	Southwestern Forests	Natural	1981	Listed as in danger since 1992; shared with Guinea
Taï National Park	Southwestern Forests	Natural	1982
Historic town of Grand-Bassam	Grand-Bassam	Cultural	2012

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Virunga National Park	Kivu	Natural	1979	Listed as in danger since 1994
Kahuzi-Biega National Park	Kivu	Natural	1980	Listed as in danger since 1997
Garamba National Park	Congo Basin	Natural	1980	Listed as in danger in 1980, removed 1991. Relisted as in danger in 1996
Salonga National Park	Congo Basin	Natural	1984	Listed as in danger since 1999
Okapi Wildlife Reserve	Congo Basin	Natural	1996	Listed as in danger since 1997

Egypt

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Abu Mena	Alexandria	Cultural	1979	Listed as in danger since 2001
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis	Luxor	Cultural	1979
Historic Cairo	Cairo	Cultural	1979
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur	Memphis, Cairo/Giza, Dahshur	Cultural	1979
Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae	Abu Simbel, Philae	Cultural	1979
Saint Catherine Area	Saint Catherine	Cultural	2002
Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)	Whale Valley	Natural	2005

Ethiopia

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela	Lalibela	Cultural	1979
Simien National Park	Amhara	Natural	1978	Listed as in danger since 1996
Fasil Ghebbi	Gondar	Cultural	1979
Aksum	Axum	Cultural	1980
Lower Valley of the Awash	Awash National Park	Cultural	1980
Lower Valley of the Omo	Omo National Park	Cultural	1980
Tiya	Tiya	Cultural	1980
Harar Jugol Fortified Historic Town	Harar	Cultural	2006
Konso Cultural Landscape	Konso	Cultural	2011

Gabon

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda	Lopé National Park	Mixed	2007

Gambia

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Stone Circles of Senegambia	Janjanbureh	Cultural	2006	Shared with Senegal
Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites	Western Gambia	Cultural	2003

Ghana

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions	Ghanaian Coastal Plain	Cultural	1979
Asante Traditional Buildings	Kumasi	Cultural	1980
Nzulezo	Nzulezo	Cultural	2000	Listed as in danger

Guinea

Chimpanzee in Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve	Guinee Forestiere	Natural	1981	Listed as in danger since 1992; shared with Côte d'Ivoire

Kenya

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Lake Turkana National Parks	Sibiloi National Park	Natural	1997
Mount Kenya-Lewa Wildlife conservancy	Mount Kenya	Natural	1997	extended in 2013
Lamu Old Town	Lamu	Cultural	2001
Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests	Coastal Kenya	Cultural	2008
Fort Jesus	Mombasa	Cultural	2011
Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley	Northern Rift Valley and Southern Rift Valley	Natural	2011

Lesotho

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Maloti Drakensberg Tranboundary World Heritage Site	Sehlabathebe National Park	Mixed	2000	extended in 2013, shared with South Africa

Libya

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year
Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna	Leptis Magna	Cultural	1982
Archaeological Site of Cyrene	Cyrene	Cultural	1982
Archaeological Site of Sabratha	Sabratha	Cultural	1982
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus	Fezzan	Cultural	1985
Old Town of Ghadamès	Ghadamis	Cultural	1986

Madagascar

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Royal Hill of Ambohimanga	Antananarivo Province	Cultural	2001
Tsingy de Bemaraha Reserve	Mahajanga Province	Natural	1990
Rainforests of the Atsinanana	six national parks on the east coast of Madagascar	Natural	2007	Listed as in danger since 2010

Malawi

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Chongoni Rock Art Area	Central Malawi	Cultural	2006
Lake Malawi National Park	Southern Malawi	Natural	1984

Mali

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Timbuktu	Timbuktu	Cultural	1988	Severely damaged by Islamic extremists during conflict in 2012.
Old Towns of Djenné	Djenné	Cultural	1988
Tomb of Askia	Gao	Cultural	2004	Severely damaged by Islamic extremists during conflict in 2012.
Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)	Bandiagara	Mixed	1989

Mauritania

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Banc d'Arguin National Park	Nouadhibou	Natural	1989
Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichit and Oualata	Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichit, Oualata	Cultural	1996

Mauritius

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Aapravasi Ghat in Port Louis	Port Louis	Cultural	2006
Le Morne Cultural Landscape	Le Morne	Cultural	2008

Morocco

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year
Medina of Fez	Fez	Cultural	1981
Medina of Marrakech	Marrakech	Cultural	1985
Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou	Aït-Benhaddou	Cultural	1987
Historic City of Meknes	Meknes	Cultural	1996
Archaeological Site of Volubilis	Meknes	Cultural	1997
Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin)	Tetouan	Cultural	1997
Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador)	Essaouira	Cultural	2001
Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida)	El Jadida	Cultural	2004
Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared Heritage	Rabat	Cultural	2012

Mozambique

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Island of Mozambique	Ilha de Mozambique	Cultural	1991

Namibia

The Namib desert, aka the Namib Sand Sea

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes	Northern Namibia	Cultural	2007
Namib Sand Sea	Southern Namibia	Natural	2013

Niger

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves	Northern Niger	Natural	1991	Listed as in danger since 1992
W National Park of Niger	Southwestern Niger	Natural	1996
Historic Centre of Agadez	Northern Niger	Cultural	2013

Nigeria

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Sukur Cultural Landscape	Sukur	Cultural	1999
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove	Osogbo	Cultural	2005

Réunion

Plaine des Sables in Reunion National Park

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Pitons, Cirques and Remparts of Reunion Island	Reunion	Natural	2010	Categorised as part of France

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Gough and Inaccessible Islands	Tristan da Cunha	Natural	1995	Categorised as part of the United Kingdom

Senegal

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Island of Gorée	Dakar	Cultural	1978
Niokolo-Koba National Park	Tambacounda Region	Natural	1981	Listed as in danger since 2007
Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary	Northern Senegal	Natural	1981
Island of Saint-Louis	Saint-Louis	Cultural	2000
Stone Circles of Senegambia	Kaolack	Cultural	2006	Shared with Gambia
Saloum Delta	Palmarin	Cultural	2011
Bassari Country: Bassari, Fula and Bedik Cultural Landscapes	Tambacounda Region	Cultural	2012

Seychelles

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Aldabra Atoll	Outer Seychelles	Natural	1982
Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve	Praslin	Natural	1983

South Africa

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs	Cradle of Humankind	Cultural	1999
iSimangaliso Wetland Park	Elephant Coast	Natural	1999
Robben Island	Robben Island	Cultural	1999
Maloti Drakensberg Tranboundary World Heritage Site	Ukhahlamba Drakensberg	Mixed	2000	extended in 2013, shared with Lesotho
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape	Limpopo	Cultural	2003
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas	Overberg	Natural	2004
Vredefort Dome	Vredefort	Natural	2005
Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape	Ai-Ais Richtersveld Transfrontier Park	Cultural	2007

Sudan

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region	Merowe	Cultural	2003
Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe	Meroë	Cultural	2011

Tanzania

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Ngorongoro Conservation Area	Northwest Tanzania	Mixed	1979
Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara	Kilwa	Cultural	1981	Listed as in danger since 2004
Serengeti National Park	Northeast Tanzania	Natural	1981
Selous Game Reserve	Tanzania	Natural	1982
Kilimanjaro National Park	Mount Kilimanjaro	Natural	1987
Stone Town of Zanzibar	Stone Town	Cultural	2000
Kondoa Rock-Art Sites	Kondoa	Cultural	2006

Togo

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba	Kara	Cultural	2004

Tunisia

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year
Amphitheatre of El Jem	El Jem	Cultural	1979
Archaeological Site of Carthage	Carthage	Cultural	1979
Medina of Tunis	Tunis	Cultural	1979
Ichkeul National Park	Bizerte	Natural	1980
Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis	Kerkouane	Cultural	1985
Kairouan	Kairouan	Cultural	1988
Medina of Sousse	Sousse	Cultural	1988
Dougga / Thugga	Dougga	Cultural	1997

Uganda

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park	Western Uganda	Natural	1994
Rwenzori Mountains National Park	Western Uganda	Natural	1994
Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi	Kampala	Cultural	2001	Listed as in danger since 2010

Zambia

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls	Livingstone	Natural	1989	Shared with Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas	Lake Kariba-Lower Zambezi	Natural	1984
Great Zimbabwe National Monument	Great Zimbabwe	Cultural	1989
Khami Ruins National Monument	Bulawayo	Cultural	1986
Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls	Victoria Falls	Natural	1989	Shared with Zambia
Matobo Hills	Matobo National Park	Cultural	2003

Asia

Afghanistan

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam	Jam	Cultural	2002	Listed as in danger since inscription
Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley	Bamiyan	Cultural	2003	Listed as in danger since inscription

Bahrain

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun	Manama	Cultural	2005
Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy	Muharraq	Cultural	2012

Bangladesh

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat	Bagerhat	Cultural	1985
Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur	Naogaon District	Cultural	1985
The Sundarbans	Khulna Division	Natural	1997	Similar site in India

Cambodia

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Angkor	Siem Reap	Cultural	1992
Temple of Preah Vihear	Preah Vihear	Cultural	2008

China

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang	Forbidden City, Beijing and Shenyang	Cultural	1987	Extended in 2004
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor	Xi'an	Cultural	1987
Mogao Caves	Dunhuang	Cultural	1987
Mount Taishan	Shandong	Mixed	1987
Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian	Western and Southern Suburbs, Beijing	Cultural	1987
The Great Wall	Mostly North China	Cultural	1987
Mount Huangshan	Huangshan	Mixed	1990
Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area	Huanglongsi National Park	Natural	1992
Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area	Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve	Natural	1992
Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area	Wulingyuan	Natural	1992
Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains	Hubei	Cultural	1994
Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa	Tibet	Cultural	1994	Extended in 2000 and 2001
Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde	Hebei	Cultural	1994
Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu	Shandong	Cultural	1994
Lushan National Park	Lushan	Cultural	1996
Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area	Emeishan National Park	Mixed	1996
Ancient City of Ping Yao	Pingyao	Cultural	1997
Classical Gardens of Suzhou	Suzhou	Cultural	1997	Extended in 2000
Old Town of Lijiang	Lijiang	Cultural	1997
Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing	Haidian District, Beijing	Cultural	1998
Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing	Chongwen District, Beijing	Cultural	1998
Dazu Rock Carvings	Dazu	Cultural	1999
Mount Wuyi	Fujian	Mixed	1999
Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun	Anhui	Cultural	2000
Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties	Xianling tomb, Zhongxiang \| Eastern Qing tombs, Zunhua \| Western Qing tombs, Yixian and Baoding \| Ming tombs, Changping \| Xiaoling, Chang Yushun, Qiu Cheng, Wu Liang, Wu Zhen, Xu Da and Li Wenzhong tombs, Nanjing	Cultural	2000	Extended in 2003 and 2004
Longmen Grottoes	Luoyang	Cultural	2000
Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System	Qingchengshan-Dujiangyan National Park	Cultural	2000
Yungang Grottoes	Datong	Cultural	2001
Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas	Three Parallel Rivers National Park	Natural	2003
Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom	Huanren County, Liaoning Province and Ji’an, Jilin Province	Cultural	2004	Shared with North Korea
Historic Centre of Macao	Macau/Peninsula	Cultural	2005
Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains	Sichuan	Natural	2006
Yin Xu	Anyang	Cultural	2006
Kaiping Diaolou and Villages	Kaiping	Cultural	2007
South China Karst	Shilin	Mixed	2007	Natural heritage since 2007, extension in 2014
Fujian Tulou	Yongding County	Cultural	2008
Mount Sanqingshan National Park	Jiangxi	Natural	2008
Mount Wutai	Wutaishan National Park	Cultural	2009
China Danxia	Hunan, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Guizhou provinces	Natural	2010
Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Centre of Heaven and Earth”	Dengfeng	Cultural	2010
West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou	Hangzhou	Cultural	2011
Chengjiang Fossil Site	Southeastern Yunnan	Natural	2012
Site of Xanadu	Inner Mongolia	Cultural	2012
Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces	Southern Yunnan	Cultural	2013
Xinjiang Tianshan	Xinjiang	Natural	2013
Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor		Cultural	2014	Shared with Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
The Grand Canal	North China, East China	Cultural	2014
Tusi Sites	Hunan, Hubei, Guizhou	Cultural	2015

India

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Agra Fort	Agra	Cultural	1983
Ajanta Caves	Aurangabad	Cultural	1983
Ellora Caves	Aurangabad	Cultural	1983
Taj Mahal	Agra	Cultural	1983
Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram	Mamallapuram	Cultural	1984
Sun Temple, Konârak	Konark	Cultural	1984
Kaziranga National Park	Assam	Natural	1985
Keoladeo National Park	Rajasthan	Natural	1985
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary	Manas National Park	Natural	1985
Churches and Convents of Goa	Old Goa	Cultural	1985
Fatehpur Sikri	Agra	Cultural	1986
Group of Monuments at Hampi	Hampi	Cultural	1986
Khajuraho Group of Monuments	Khajuraho	Cultural	1986
Elephanta Caves	Elephanta Island	Cultural	1987
Great Living Chola Temples	Brihadisvara Temple of Thanjavur; Brihadisvara Temple of Gangaikondacholisvaram; and the Airavatesvara Temple at Darasuram	Cultural	1987
Group of Monuments at Pattadakal	Pattadakal	Cultural	1987
Sundarbans National Park	Southeast Bengal	Natural	1987	Similar site in Bangladesh
Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks	Uttarakhand	Natural	1988
Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi	Sanchi	Cultural	1989
Humayun's Tomb, Delhi	Delhi	Cultural	1993
Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi	Delhi	Cultural	1993
Mountain Railways of India	India	Cultural	1999
Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya	Bodh Gaya	Cultural	2002
Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka	Bhimbetka	Cultural	2003
Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park	Gujarat	Cultural	2004
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus)	Mumbai	Cultural	2004
Red Fort Complex	Delhi	Cultural	2007
The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur	Jaipur	Cultural	2010
Western Ghats	Western and Southern India	Natural	2012
Hill Forts of Rajasthan	Chittorgarh, Kumbhalgarh, Sawai Madhopur, Jhalawar, Jaipur and Jaisalmer	Cultural	2013
Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen’s Stepwell) at Patan	North Gujarat	Cultural	2014
Great Himalayan National Park	Himachal Pradesh, Himalayan North	Natural	2014

Indonesia

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Borobudur Temple Compounds	Borobudur	Cultural	1991
Komodo National Park	Flores	Natural	1991
Prambanan Temple Compounds	Prambanan	Cultural	1991
Ujung Kulon National Park	West Java	Natural	1991
Sangiran Early Man Site	Solo	Cultural	1996
Lorentz National Park	Asmat	Natural	1999
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra	Gunung Leuser National Park, Kerinci Seblat National Park and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park	Natural	2004	Listed as in danger since 2011
Cultural Landscape of Bali Province: the Subak System as a Manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana Philosophy	Bali	Cultural	2012

Iran

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Meidan Emam, Esfahan	Isfahan	Cultural	1979
Persepolis	Shiraz	Cultural	1979
Tchogha Zanbil	Tchogha Zanbil	Cultural	1979
Takht-e Soleyman	Takab	Cultural	2003
Bam and its Cultural Landscape	Bam	Cultural	2004	Listed as in danger since 2004
Pasargadae	Pasargad	Cultural	2004
Soltaniyeh	Zanjan	Cultural	2005
Bisotun	Kermanshah	Cultural	2006
Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran	West Azerbaijan	Cultural	2008
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System	Shushtar	Cultural	2009
Sheikh Safi al-din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil	Ardabil	Cultural	2010
Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex	Tabriz	Cultural	2010
The Persian Garden	Pasargad, Isfahan, Kashan, Shiraz, Mahan, Yazd, Caspian Iran, Khorasan	Cultural	2011
Gonbad-e Qābus	Caspian Iran	Cultural	2012
Masjed-e Jāmé of Isfahan	Isfahan	Cultural	2012
Golestan Palace	Tehran Province	Cultural	2013
Shahr-I Sokhta	Baluchistan	Cultural	2014
Cultural Landscape of Maymand	Kerman (province)	Cultural	2015
Susa	Khuzestan	Cultural	2015

Iraq

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Hatra	Hatra	Cultural	1985	Severely damaged or destroyed by Da'esh extremists in 2015
Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat)	Al Jazira	Cultural	2003	Listed as in danger since inscription
Samarra Archaeological City	Samarra	Cultural	2007	Listed as in danger since inscription
Erbil Citadel	Iraqi Kurdistan	Cultural	2014

Israel

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year
Masada	Masada	Cultural	2001
Old City of Acre	Akko	Cultural	2001
White City of Tel-Aviv—the Modern Movement	Tel Aviv	Cultural	2003
Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba	Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba	Cultural	2005
Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev	Negev	Cultural	2005
Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee	Israeli North Coast	Cultural	2008
Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves	Carmel Range	Cultural	2012
Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves	Shfela	Cultural	2014
Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of Jewish Renewal	Israeli North Coast	Cultural	2015

Japan

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year
Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area	Horyuji	Cultural	1993
Himeji-jo	Himeji	Cultural	1993
Shirakami-Sanchi	Shirakami-Sanchi	Cultural	1993
Yakushima	Yakushima	Natural	1993
Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)	Kyoto, Uji and Otsu	Cultural	1994
Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama	Shirakawa-go and Gokayama	Cultural	1995
Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)	Hiroshima	Cultural	1996
Itsukushima Shinto Shrine	Miyajima	Cultural	1996
Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara	Nara	Cultural	1998
Shrines and Temples of Nikko	Nikko	Cultural	1999
Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu	Okinawa Island	Cultural	2000
Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range	Kansai (Mount Koya, Mount Yoshino, Mount Omine, Hongu, Nachikatsuura, Shingu, Kumano, Owase)	Cultural	2004
Shiretoko	Shiretoko National Park	Natural	2005
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape	Oda	Cultural	2007
Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land	Hiraizumi	Cultural	2011
Ogasawara Islands	Ogasawara Islands	Natural	2011
Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration	Shizuoka, Yamanashi	Cultural	2013
Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites	Tomioka, Gunma prefecture	Cultural	2014
Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining	Hagi (Castle town, Ohitayama Tatara Iron Works, Hagi Reverberatory Furnace, Ebisugahana Shipyard, Shokasonjuku Academy), Nakama (Onga River Pumping Station), Kitakyushu ( Imperial Steel Works), Saga (Mietsu Naval Dock), Omuta (Miike Coal Railway, Miyanohara Pit, Manda Pit), Arao (Miike Port), Uki (Misumi West Port), Nagasaki (Kosuge Slip Dock, Takashima Coal Mine, Hashima Coal Mine, Glover House and Office, Senshokaku Guest House, Giant Cantilever Crane, Former Pattern, No. 3 Dry Dock, Kagoshima (Shuseikan, Sekiyoshi Sluice Gate of Yoshino Leat, Terayama Charcoal Kiln, Kagoshima Foreign Engineer's Residence), Kamaishi (Hashino Iron Mining and Smelting Site), Izunokuni (Nirayama Reverberatory Furnaces)	Cultural	2015

Jerusalem

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls	Old City, Jerusalem	Cultural	1981	Under de facto Israeli control as part of its capital; disputed by the Palestinians, who claim Jerusalem as their capital; proposed in the 1947 UN Partition Plan for Palestine to be part of a separate Jerusalem territory under international control; listed as in danger since 1982

Jordan

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year
Petra	Petra	Cultural	1985
Quseir Amra	Quseir Amra	Cultural	1985
Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a)	Um er-Rasas	Cultural	2005
Wadi Rum Protected Area	Wadi Rum	Mixed	2011
Baptism Site “Bethany Beyond the Jordan” (Al-Maghtas)	Northern Jordan	Cultural	2015

Kazakhstan

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi	Turkestan	Cultural	2003
Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly	Almaty Province	Cultural	2004
Saryarka – Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan	Naurzum State Nature Reserve, Korgalzhyn Nature Reserve	Natural	2008
Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor		Cultural	2014	Shared with China and Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain	Osh	Cultural	2009
Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor		Cultural	2014	Shared with China and Kazakhstan

Laos

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Town of Luang Prabang	Luang Prabang	Cultural	1995
Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape	Champasak	Cultural	2001

Lebanon

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year
Anjar	Bekaa	Cultural	1984
Baalbek	Baalbek	Cultural	1984
Byblos	Byblos	Cultural	1984
Tyre	Tyre	Cultural	1984
Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab)	Kadisha Valley	Cultural	1998

Malaysia

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year
Gunung Mulu National Park	Sarawak	Natural	2000
Kinabalu Park	Mount Kinabalu	Natural	2000
Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca	Malacca and Georgetown	Cultural	2008
Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong Valley	Perak	Cultural	2012

Mongolia

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Uvs Nuur Basin	Uvs	Natural	2003	Shared with Russia
Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape	Central Mongolia	Cultural	2004
Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai	Western Mongolia	Cultural	2011	In Altai Tavan Bogd National Park
Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and its surrounding sacred landscape	Central Mongolia	Cultural	2015

Myanmar

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Pyu Ancient Cities	Northern Myanmar	Cultural	2014

Nepal

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Kathmandu Valley	Kathmandu Valley	Cultural	1979	Severely damaged by 2015 earthquake.
Sagarmatha National Park	Khumbu	Natural	1979
Chitwan National Park	Western Terai	Natural	1984
Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha	Lumbini	Cultural	1997

North Korea

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Complex of Koguryo Tombs	Pyongyang and Nampho	Cultural	2004	Shared with China
Historic Monuments and Sites in Kaesong	Hwanghae	Cultural	2013

Oman

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year
Bahla Fort	Bahla	Cultural	1987
Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn	Northern Oman	Cultural	1988
Land of Frankincense	Frankincense Trail in Al Baleed Museum, Salalah	Cultural	2000
Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman	Northern Oman	Cultural	2006

Pakistan

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year
Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro	Moenjodaro	Cultural	1980
Buddhist Ruins of Takht-i-Bahi and Neighbouring City Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol	Northwest Pakistan	Cultural	1980
Taxila	Taxila	Cultural	1980
Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore	Lahore	Cultural	1981
Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta	Thatta	Cultural	1981
Rohtas Fort	Jhelum	Cultural	1997

Palestinian Territories

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem	Bethlehem	Cultural	2012
Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines – Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir	West Bank	Cultural	2014

Philippines

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year
Baroque Churches of the Philippines	Iglesia de San Agustín, Intramuros, Manila \| Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Santa Maria (Ilocos Sur)\|Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur \| Iglesia de San Agustín, Paoay, Ilocos Norte \| Iglesia de Santo Tomás de Villanueva, Miag-ao, Iloilo	Cultural	1993
Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park	Palawan	Natural	1993
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras	Ifugao	Cultural	1995
Historic Town of Vigan	Vigan	Cultural	1999
Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park	Puerto Princesa	Natural	1999
Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary	Davao Oriental	Natural	2014

Qatar

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Al Zubarah Archaeological Site	Qatar	Cultural	2013

Russia

See also the list of Russian sites in Europe.

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Lake Baikal	Siberia	Natural	1996
Volcanoes of Kamchatka	Russian Far East	Natural	1996
Golden Mountains of Altai	Siberia	Natural	1998
Central Sikhote-Alin	Russian Far East, Primorsky Krai	Natural	2001
Uvs Nuur Basin	Siberia, Eastern Siberia	Natural	2003	shared with Mongolia
Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve	Chukotka	Natural	2004
Putorana Plateau	Taymyria	Natural	2010
Lena Pillars Nature Park	Sakha Republic	Natural	2012

Saudi Arabia

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year
Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih)	Hejaz	Cultural	2008
Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah	Hejaz	Cultural	2014
Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia	Nejd	Cultural	2015

Singapore

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Singapore Botanic Gardens	Singapore	Cultural	2015

South Korea

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year
Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks	Gayasan Mountain National Park	Cultural	1995
Jongmyo Shrine	Jongno District, Seoul	Cultural	1995
Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple	Gyeongju	Cultural	1995
Changdeokgung Palace Complex	Jongno District, Seoul	Cultural	1997
Hwaseong Fortress	Suwon	Cultural	1997
Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites	Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Island	Cultural	2000
Gyeongju Historic Areas	Gyeongju	Cultural	2000
Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes	Jeju	Natural	2007
Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty	Gyeonggi and Gangwon	Cultural	2009
Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong	Andong	Cultural	2010
Namhansanseong	Gyeonggi	Cultural	2014
Baekje Historic Areas	Gongju, Buyeo, North Jeolla	Cultural	2015

Sri Lanka

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year
Ancient City of Polonnaruwa	Polonnaruwa	Cultural	1982
Ancient City of Sigiriya	Sigiriya	Cultural	1982
Sacred City of Anuradhapura	Anuradhapura	Cultural	1982
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications	Galle	Cultural	1988
Sacred City of Kandy	Kandy	Cultural	1988
Sinharaja Forest Reserve	Sabaragamuwa	Natural	1988
Golden Temple of Dambulla	Dambulla	Cultural	1991
Central Highlands of Sri Lanka	Central Province	Natural	2010

NOTE: Syria is a war zone in 2015; according to news reports "Syria has six world heritage sites. All six, as far as we understand it, have been severely damaged." Palmyra is at immediate risk of destruction as the city has fallen to Da'esh extremists. (May 2015)

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Ancient City of Damascus	Damascus	Cultural	1979
Ancient City of Bosra	Bosra	Cultural	1980
Site of Palmyra	Palmyra	Cultural	1980	Mined or destroyed in 2015.
Ancient City of Aleppo	Aleppo	Cultural	1986
Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din	Krak des Chevaliers and Latakia	Cultural	2006
Ancient Villages of Northern Syria	Dead Cities	Cultural	2011

Tajikistan

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Proto-urban site of Sarazm	Zeravshan	Cultural	2010
Tajik National Park (Mountains of the Pamirs)	Pamirs	Natural	2013

Thailand

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year
Historic City of Ayutthaya	Ayutthaya	Cultural	1991
Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns	Sukhothai, Si Satchanalai and Kamphaeng Phet	Cultural	1991
Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries	Lower Northern Thailand	Natural	1991
Ban Chiang Archaeological Site	Udon Thani	Cultural	1992
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex	Khao Yai National Park	Natural	2005

Turkey

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year
Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia	Cappadocia	Mixed	1985
Great Mosque and Hospital of Divrigi	Central Anatolia	Cultural	1985
Historic Areas of Istanbul	Istanbul Province	Cultural	1985
Hattusha: the Hittite Capital	Central Karadeniz	Cultural	1986
Nemrut Dagi	Southeastern Anatolia	Cultural	1987
Hierapolis-Pamukkale	Southern Aegean	Mixed	1988
Xanthos-Letoon	Lycia	Cultural	1988
City of Safranbolu	Western Karadeniz	Cultural	1994
Archaeological Site of Troy	Southern Marmara	Cultural	1998
Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex	Eastern Thrace	Cultural	2011
Neolithic Site of Çatalhöyük	Central Anatolia	Cultural	2012
Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire	Southern Marmara	Cultural	2014
Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape	Northern Aegean	Cultural	2014
Diyarbakir Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape	Southeastern Anatolia	Cultural	2015
Ephesus	Central Aegean	Cultural	2015

Turkmenistan

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year
State Historical and Cultural Park “Ancient Merv”	Merv	Cultural	1999
Kunya-Urgench	Konye Urgench	Cultural	2005
Parthian Fortresses of Nisa	Nissa	Cultural	2007

United Arab Emirates

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas)	Al Ain	Cultural	2011

Uzbekistan

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year
Itchan Kala	Khiva	Cultural	1990
Historic Centre of Bukhara	Bukhara	Cultural	1993
Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz	Shakhrizabz	Cultural	2000
Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures	Samarkand	Cultural	2001

Vietnam

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Complex of Hué Monuments	Hue	Cultural	1993
Ha Long Bay	Ha Long Bay	Natural	1994	Extended in 2000
Hoi An Ancient Town	Hoi An	Cultural	1999
My Son Sanctuary	My Son	Cultural	1999
Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park	Phong Nha-Ke Bang	Natural	2003
Central Sector of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long - Hanoi	Hanoi	Cultural	2010
Citadel of the Ho Dynasty	Central Coast (Vietnam)	Cultural	2011
Trang An Landscape Complex	Ninh Binh, Northern Vietnam	Mixed	2014

Yemen

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Old Walled City of Shibam	Shibam	Cultural	1982
Old City of Sana'a	Sana'a	Cultural	1986
Historic Town of Zabid	Zabid	Cultural	1993	Listed as in danger since 2000
Socotra Archipelago	Socotra	Natural	2008

Europe

Albania

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Butrint	Coastal Albania	Cultural	1992
Historic Centres of Gjirokastër and Berat	Southeastern Albania	Cultural	2005

Andorra

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	south and east of Andorra La Vella	Cultural	2004

Armenia

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year
Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin	Northern Armenia	Cultural	1996
Cathedral and Churches of Echmiadzin and the archaeological site of Zvartnots	Central Armenia	Cultural	2000
Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley	Central Armenia	Cultural	2000

Austria

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg	Salzburg (state)	Cultural	1996
Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn	Vienna	Cultural	1996
Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape	Salzburg (state)	Cultural	1997
Semmering Railway	Lower Austria	Cultural	1998
City of Graz – Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg	Styria	Cultural	1999
Wachau Cultural Landscape	Lower Austria, between Melk and Krems	Cultural	2000
Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape	Burgenland	Cultural	2001	shared with Hungary
Historic Centre of Vienna	Vienna	Cultural	2001
Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps		Cultural	2011	shared with France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland

Azerbaijan

Official name	Location	Criteria	Year	Notes
The Walled city of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower	Baku Region	Cultural	2000
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