This is a list of World Heritage Sites in the Arab states ,[1] in Western Asia and North Africa , occupying an area stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Arabian Sea in the east, and from the Mediterranean Sea .
List The list below contains an image of the site or part of the site; the name as inscribed by UNESCO ; the location; the nominating state party; the criteria met by the site, including if it is a cultural, natural or mixed; the area in hectares and acres, excluding any buffer zones, with a value of zero implying that no data is published by UNESCO; the year the site was inscribed; and a description of the site.
In danger
See also
References ^ World Heritage Centre – World Heritage List ^ "Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Djémila". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Kasbah of Algiers". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "M'zab Valley". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Tassili n'Ajjer". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Timgad". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Tipaza". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Dilmun Burial Mounds". UNESCO . Retrieved 9 July 2019 . ^ "Qal'at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy". UNESCO . Retrieved 1 July 2012 . ^ "Abu Mena". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Historic Cairo". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur". UNESCO . Retrieved 24 December 2016 . ^ "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Saint Catherine Area". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities". UNESCO . Retrieved 6 August 2016 . ^ "Babylon". UNESCO . Retrieved 9 July 2019 . ^ "Erbil Citadel". UNESCO . Retrieved 2 January 2015 . ^ "Hatra". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat)". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Samarra Archaeological City". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "As-Salt - The Place of Tolerance and Urban Hospitality". UNESCO World Heritage Centre . Retrieved 29 July 2021 . ^ "Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" (Al-Maghtas)". UNESCO . Retrieved 6 October 2015 . ^ "Petra". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Qasr Amra". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a)". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Wadi Rum Protected Area". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Anjar". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Baalbek". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Byblos". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab)". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Rachid Karami International Fair-Tripoli". UNESCO . Retrieved 16 May 2023 . ^ "Tyre". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Archaeological Site of Cyrene". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Archaeological Site of Sabratha". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Old Town of Ghadamès". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Banc d'Arguin National Park". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Archaeological Site of Volubilis". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Historic City of Meknes". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador)". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Medina of Fez". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Medina of Marrakesh". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin)". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared Heritage". UNESCO . Retrieved 6 February 2016 . ^ "Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida)". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Ancient City of Qalhat". UNESCO . Retrieved 29 June 2018 . ^ "Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Bahla Fort". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Land of Frankincense". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem". UNESCO . Retrieved 12 May 2016 . ^ "The site of the Birthplace of Jesus in Bethlehem (Palestine) removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger". UNESCO. Retrieved 7 July 2019 . ^ "Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines – Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir". UNESCO . Retrieved 12 May 2016 . ^ "Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town - UNESCO World Heritage Centre". Unesco . Retrieved 7 July 2017 . ^ "Al Zubarah Archaeological Site". UNESCO . Retrieved 3 May 2015 . ^ "Al-Ahsa Oasis, an Evolving Cultural Landscape". UNESCO . Retrieved 29 June 2018 . ^ "Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih)". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Ḥimā Cultural Area". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 31 July 2021 . ^ "Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah". UNESCO . Retrieved 12 October 2015 . ^ "Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia". UNESCO . Retrieved 12 October 2015 . ^ "'Uruq Bani Ma'arid". UNESCO . Retrieved 11 February 2024 . ^ "Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park". UNESCO . Retrieved 6 August 2016 . ^ "Ancient City of Aleppo". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Ancient City of Bosra". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Ancient City of Damascus". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Ancient Villages of Northern Syria". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Crac des Chevaliers and Qal'at Salah El-Din". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Site of Palmyra". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Archaeological Site of Carthage". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Dougga / Thugga". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Amphitheatre of El Jem". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Ichkeul National Park". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Kairouan". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Medina of Sousse". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Medina of Tunis". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas)". UNESCO . Retrieved 6 February 2016 . ^ "Historic Town of Zabid". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Old City of Sana'a". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Old Walled City of Shibam". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 . ^ "Socotra Archipelago". UNESCO . Retrieved 17 August 2011 .
External links UNESCO World Heritage Centre – Official site List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites – Official site VRheritage.org – documentation of World Heritage Sites Worldheritage-Forum – Information and Weblog on World Heritage Issues