UNESCO World Heritage List

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A UNESCO World Heritage Site [1] is a site that has been nominated for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's international World Heritage program. The program aims to catalogue and preserve sites of outstanding importance, either cultural or natural, to the common heritage of humankind. See also UNESCO Creative Cities, describing a recently instituted program recognizing entire cities with some similar characteristics.

[edit] Africa

[edit] Algeria

[edit] Benin

[edit] Botswana

[edit] Cameroon

[edit] Central African Republic

[edit] Côte d'Ivoire

[edit] Democratic Republic of the Congo

[edit] Egypt

[edit] Ethiopia

[edit] Gabon

  • Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda

[edit] Gambia

[edit] Ghana

[edit] Guinea

  • Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve

[edit] Kenya

[edit] Libya

[edit] Madagascar

[edit] Malawi

[edit] Mali

  • Timbuktu
  • Old Towns of Djenné
  • Tomb of Askia in Gao
  • Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)

[edit] Mauritania

[edit] Mauritius

[edit] Morocco

[edit] Mozambique

[edit] Namibia

  • Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes

[edit] Niger

  • Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves
  • W National Park

[edit] Nigeria

  • Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
  • Sukur Cultural Landscape

[edit] Saint Helena

See UK.

[edit] Senegal

[edit] Seychelles

  • Aldabra Atoll
  • Vallee de Mai Nature Reserve

[edit] South Africa

[edit] Sudan

  • Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region

[edit] Tanzania

[edit] Togo

[edit] Tunisia

[edit] Uganda

[edit] Zambia

[edit] Zimbabwe

[edit] Americas

[edit] Argentina

[edit] Belize

[edit] Bermuda (UK)

  • Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda

[edit] Bolivia

[edit] Brazil

[edit] Canada

[edit] Chile

[edit] Colombia

[edit] Costa Rica

[edit] Cuba

[edit] Dominica

[edit] Dominican Republic

[edit] Ecuador

[edit] El Salvador

[edit] Greenland

See Denmark.

[edit] Guatemala

[edit] Haiti

  • National History Park - Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers

[edit] Honduras

[edit] Mexico

[edit] Nicaragua

[edit] (Netherlands), Netherlands Antilles

  • Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Netherlands Antilles

[edit] Panama

[edit] Paraguay

  • Jesuit Missions of La Santisima Trinidad de Parana and Jesus de Tavarangue near Encarnacion

[edit] Peru

[edit] Puerto Rico

See USA.

[edit] Saint Kitts and Nevis

[edit] Saint Lucia

  • Pitons Management Area

[edit] Suriname

  • Central Suriname Nature Reserve
  • Historic Inner City of Paramaribo

[edit] United States of America

[edit] Uruguay

[edit] Venezuela

[edit] Asia

[edit] Afghanistan

  • Minaret and archaeological remains of Jam
  • Cultural landscape and archaeological remains of the Bamiyan Valley: Bamiyan Cliff including niches of the 38 meter Buddha, seated Buddhas, 55 meter Buddha and surrounding caves | Kakrak Valley caves including the niche of the standing Buddha | Qoul-I Akram Caves in the Fuladi Valley | Kalai Ghamai Caves in the Fuladi Valley | Shahr-i-Zuhak | Qallay Kaphari A | Qallay Kaphari B | Shahr-i-Ghulghulah

[edit] Armenia

[edit] Azerbaijan

  • The Walled city of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower
  • Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape

[edit] Bahrain

  • Qal'at al-Bahrain - Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun

[edit] Bangladesh

[edit] Cambodia

[edit] China

[edit] India

[edit] Indonesia

[edit] Iran

[edit] Iraq

[edit] Israel

[edit] Japan

[edit] Jordan

[edit] Kazakhstan

  • The Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
  • Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly

[edit] Korea, North

  • Complex of Koguryo Tombs

[edit] Korea, South

[edit] Laos

[edit] Lebanon

[edit] Malaysia

[edit] Mongolia

[edit] Nepal

[edit] Oman

[edit] Pakistan

[edit] Philippines

[edit] Sri Lanka

[edit] Syria

[edit] Thailand

[edit] Turkey

[edit] Turkmenistan

  • Kunya-Urgench
  • State Historical and Cultural Park "Ancient Merv"
  • The Parthian Fortresses of Nisa

[edit] Uzbekistan

[edit] Vietnam

[edit] Yemen

[edit] Australasia and Oceania

[edit] Australia

[edit] New Zealand

[edit] Pitcairn Islands

[edit] Solomon Islands

[edit] Europe

[edit] Albania

[edit] Andorra

  • Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley

[edit] Austria

[edit] Belarus

[edit] Belgium