This is a list of the lists of World Heritage Sites. A

World Heritage Site A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for h ...

is a place that is listed by the

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...

(UNESCO) as having special cultural or physical significance.

General lists

Former UNESCO World Heritage Sites The designation of World Heritage Site is prestigious. It bestows honour and economic benefit, by encouraging tourism. World Heritage Sites may lose their designation when the UNESCO World Heritage Committee determines that they are not proper ...

List of World Heritage in Danger The List of World Heritage in Danger is compiled by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) through the World Heritage Committee according to Article 11.4 of the World Heritage Convention,Full title: ''Con ...

List of World Heritage Sites by year of inscription This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites around the world by year of inscription, selected during the annual sessions of the World Heritage Committee. The first World Heritage Site in the list is the Galápagos Islands. The 24th session i ...

World Heritage Sites by country As of August 2022, there are a total of 1,154 World Heritage Sites located in 167 States Parties (countries that have adhered to the World Heritage Convention, including the non-member state of the Holy See), of which 897 are cultural, 218 are nat ...

Lists by continent

Africa

List of World Heritage Sites in Africa The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has designated 147 World Heritage Sites in Africa. These sites are located in 46 countries (also called " state parties"). Selection of World Heritage Sites South Af ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in the Arab States ** List of World Heritage Sites in Egypt **

List of World Heritage Sites in Ethiopia The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1975 Ethiopia ratifie ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Kenya The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Kenya accepted ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Madagascar ** List of World Heritage Sites in Mauritania ** List of World Heritage Sites in Morocco **

List of World Heritage Sites in South Africa The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. South Africa ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Tanzania The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Tanzania ratif ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Tunisia This is a list of World Heritage Sites in Tunisia with properties of cultural and natural heritage in Tunisia as inscribed in UNESCO's World Heritage List or as on the country's tentative list. As of 2017, eight sites in Tunisia are included. In ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Zambia The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has designated 147 World Heritage Sites in Africa. These sites are located in 46 countries (also called " state parties"). Selection of World Heritage Sites South Af ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Uganda

Americas

List of World Heritage Sites in the Caribbean This is a list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the Caribbean. Legend :Site; as per officially inscribed name :Location; at city, regional, or provincial level and geocoordinates :Criteria; as defined by the World Heritage Committee :Area; in he ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Cuba The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. The Caribbean i ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Central America This is a list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Central America. Legend :Site; as per officially inscribed name :Location; at city, regional, or provincial level and geocoordinates :Criteria; as defined by the World Heritage Committee :Area; in ...

List of World Heritage Sites in North America Below is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites located in upper North America. Greenland has been included here as part of North America despite its cultural and political associations with Europe. The separate List of World Heritage Sites in ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Canada The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Cultural heri ...

List of World Heritage Sites in the United States The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Cultural h ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Mexico The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Mexico accepted ...

List of World Heritage Sites in South America This is a list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South America. Legend :Site; as per officially inscribed name :Location; at city, regional, or provincial level and geocoordinates :Criteria; as defined by the World Heritage Committee :Area; in h ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Argentina The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are the places of important cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Argentina accept ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Brazil The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. The Federative ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Chile The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Chile accepted ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Colombia ** List of World Heritage Sites in Peru

Asia

* List of World Heritage Sites in Eastern Asia **

List of World Heritage Sites in China This is a list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in China. China has 56, ranking second in the world just below Italy (58). China ratified The Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage on 12 December 1985. Thes ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Japan Japan accepted the UNESCO World Heritage Convention on 30 June 1992. As of July 2021, twenty-five properties have been inscribed on the World Heritage List: twenty cultural sites and five natural sites. A further five sites and one site extensio ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Mongolia ** List of World Heritage Sites in North Korea **

List of World Heritage Sites in South Korea The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Cultural herit ...

* List of World Heritage Sites in Northern and Central Asia **

List of World Heritage Sites in Kazakhstan The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates World Heritage Sites of outstanding universal value to cultural or natural heritage which have been nominated by countries which are signatories to the UNES ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Kyrgyzstan ** List of World Heritage Sites in Tajikistan **

List of World Heritage Sites in Turkmenistan The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Below is the lis ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Uzbekistan This is a list of World Heritage Sites in Uzbekistan with properties of cultural and natural heritage in Uzbekistan as inscribed in UNESCO's World Heritage List or as on the country's tentative list. As of 2016, five sites in Uzbekistan are inclu ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated 41 World Heritage Sites in eleven countries (also called " State parties") of Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Myanma ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Cambodia ** List of World Heritage Sites in Indonesia ** List of World Heritage Sites in Laos **

List of World Heritage Sites in Malaysia The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Cultural herita ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Myanmar **

List of World Heritage Sites in the Philippines The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated six World Heritage Sites in the Philippines. The UNESCO World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Singapore **

List of World Heritage Sites in Thailand The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates World Heritage Sites of outstanding universal value to cultural or natural heritage which have been nominated by signatories to the 1972 UNESCO World Herit ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Vietnam *

List of World Heritage Sites in Southern Asia The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated 61 World Heritage Sites in six countries (also called " state parties") of Southern Asia: Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Afghanistan ** List of World Heritage Sites in Bangladesh **

List of World Heritage Sites in India The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates World Heritage Sites of outstanding universal value to cultural or natural heritage which have been nominated by countries which are signatories to the UNE ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Nepal **

List of World Heritage Sites in Pakistan The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Cultural heritag ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Sri Lanka * List of World Heritage Sites in Western Asia ** List of World Heritage Sites in the Arab states **

List of World Heritage Sites in Armenia The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates World Heritage Sites of outstanding universal value to cultural or natural heritage which have been nominated by countries which are signatories to the U ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Azerbaijan The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates World Heritage Sites of outstanding universal value to cultural or natural heritage which have been nominated by countries which are signatories to the UNES ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Cyprus The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates World Heritage Sites of outstanding universal value to cultural or natural heritage which have been nominated by countries which are signatories to the UNES ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Georgia **

List of World Heritage Sites in Iran The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Iran accepted ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Israel This is a list of World Heritage Sites in Israel with properties of cultural and natural heritage as inscribed in UNESCO's World Heritage List or on the country's tentative list. The list includes ten sites within the State of Israel. World He ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Palestine ** List of World Heritage Sites in Jordan **

List of World Heritage Sites in Turkey The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Turkey accepted ...

Europe

* List of World Heritage Sites in Eastern Europe ** List of World Heritage Sites in Belarus **

List of World Heritage Sites in Bulgaria The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates World Heritage Sites of outstanding universal value to cultural or natural heritage which have been nominated by countries which are signatories to the U ...

List of World Heritage Sites in the Czech Republic The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Cultural herit ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Hungary ** List of World Heritage Sites in Moldova **

List of World Heritage Sites in Poland The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Cultural herita ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Romania The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Cultural heri ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Russia The UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural heritage, cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, establ ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Slovakia The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Cultural herita ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Ukraine * List of World Heritage Sites in Northern Europe **

List of World Heritage Sites in Denmark The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Denmark ratified ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Estonia ** List of World Heritage Sites in Finland ** List of World Heritage Sites in Iceland ** List of World Heritage Sites in Latvia ** List of World Heritage Sites in Lithuania ** List of World Heritage Sites in Norway **

List of World Heritage Sites in Sweden The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Cultural herita ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Southern Europe The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated 175 World Heritage Sites in all of the 15 sovereign countries (also called " state parties") of Southern Europe: Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Albania The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Cultural her ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Andorra **

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List of World Heritage Sites in Croatia The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Croatia, foll ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Greece The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates World Heritage Sites of outstanding universal value to cultural or natural heritage which have been nominated by countries which are signatories to the UNES ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Italy The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Cultural herit ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Malta ** List of World Heritage Sites in Montenegro ** List of World Heritage Sites in North Macedonia **

List of World Heritage Sites in Portugal The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates World Heritage Sites of outstanding universal value to cultural or natural heritage which have been nominated by countries that are signatories to the UNES ...

List of World Heritage Sites in San Marino The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated 175 World Heritage Sites in all of the 15 sovereign countries (also called " state parties") of Southern Europe: Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Serbia The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates World Heritage Sites of outstanding universal value to cultural or natural heritage which have been nominated by countries which are signatories to the UNESC ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Slovenia **

List of World Heritage Sites in Spain The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Cultural he ...

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List of World Heritage Sites in Western Europe The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has designated 171 World Heritage Sites in Western Europe (including international dependencies). These sites are located in 9 countries (also called " state parties" ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Austria The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Cultural herita ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Belgium The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Cultural herita ...

List of World Heritage Sites in France This is a list of World Heritage sites in France with properties of cultural and natural heritage in France as inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List or as on the country's tentative list.

List of World Heritage Sites in Germany The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. West Germany ra ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Luxembourg ** List of World Heritage Sites in the Netherlands **

List of World Heritage Sites in the Republic of Ireland The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Cultural heri ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Switzerland **

List of World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. There are 33 ...

Oceania

List of World Heritage Sites in Oceania A World Heritage Site is a location that is listed by UNESCO as having outstanding cultural or natural value to the common heritage of humanity. The World Heritage Committee has designated 37 World Heritage Sites in Oceania. These are in 14 coun ...

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