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List of World Heritage Sites in the Arab states

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.

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See also

References

  1. ^ World Heritage Centre – World Heritage List
  2. ^ "Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Djémila". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Kasbah of Algiers". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  5. ^ "M'zab Valley". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  6. ^ "Tassili n'Ajjer". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  7. ^ "Timgad". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  8. ^ "Tipaza". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  9. ^ "Dilmun Burial Mounds". UNESCO. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Qal'at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  11. ^ "Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy". UNESCO. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  12. ^ "Abu Mena". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  13. ^ "Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  14. ^ "Historic Cairo". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  15. ^ "Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur". UNESCO. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  16. ^ "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  17. ^ "Saint Catherine Area". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  18. ^ "Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  19. ^ "The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities". UNESCO. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  20. ^ "Babylon". UNESCO. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  21. ^ "Erbil Citadel". UNESCO. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  22. ^ "Hatra". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  23. ^ "Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat)". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  24. ^ "Samarra Archaeological City". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  25. ^ "As-Salt - The Place of Tolerance and Urban Hospitality". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  26. ^ "Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" (Al-Maghtas)". UNESCO. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  27. ^ "Petra". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  28. ^ "Qasr Amra". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  29. ^ "Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a)". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  30. ^ "Wadi Rum Protected Area". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  31. ^ "Anjar". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  32. ^ "Baalbek". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  33. ^ "Byblos". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  34. ^ "Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab)". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  35. ^ "Rachid Karami International Fair-Tripoli". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  36. ^ "Tyre". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  37. ^ "Archaeological Site of Cyrene". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  38. ^ "Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  39. ^ "Archaeological Site of Sabratha". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  40. ^ "Old Town of Ghadamès". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  41. ^ "Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  42. ^ "Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  43. ^ "Banc d'Arguin National Park". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  44. ^ "Archaeological Site of Volubilis". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  45. ^ "Historic City of Meknes". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  46. ^ "Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  47. ^ "Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador)". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  48. ^ "Medina of Fez". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  49. ^ "Medina of Marrakesh". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  50. ^ "Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin)". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  51. ^ "Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared Heritage". UNESCO. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  52. ^ "Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida)". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  53. ^ "Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  54. ^ "Ancient City of Qalhat". UNESCO. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  55. ^ "Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  56. ^ "Bahla Fort". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  57. ^ "Land of Frankincense". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  58. ^ "Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  59. ^ "Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem". UNESCO. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  60. ^ "The site of the Birthplace of Jesus in Bethlehem (Palestine) removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger". UNESCO. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  61. ^ "Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines – Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir". UNESCO. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  62. ^ "Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town - UNESCO World Heritage Centre". Unesco. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  63. ^ "Al Zubarah Archaeological Site". UNESCO. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  64. ^ "Al-Ahsa Oasis, an Evolving Cultural Landscape". UNESCO. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  65. ^ "Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih)". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  66. ^ "At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  67. ^ "Ḥimā Cultural Area". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  68. ^ "Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah". UNESCO. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  69. ^ "Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia". UNESCO. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  70. ^ "'Uruq Bani Ma'arid". UNESCO. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  71. ^ "Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  72. ^ "Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  73. ^ "Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park". UNESCO. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  74. ^ "Ancient City of Aleppo". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  75. ^ "Ancient City of Bosra". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  76. ^ "Ancient City of Damascus". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  77. ^ "Ancient Villages of Northern Syria". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  78. ^ "Crac des Chevaliers and Qal'at Salah El-Din". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  79. ^ "Site of Palmyra". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  80. ^ "Archaeological Site of Carthage". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  81. ^ "Dougga / Thugga". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  82. ^ "Amphitheatre of El Jem". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  83. ^ "Ichkeul National Park". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  84. ^ "Kairouan". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  85. ^ "Medina of Sousse". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  86. ^ "Medina of Tunis". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  87. ^ "Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  88. ^ "Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas)". UNESCO. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  89. ^ "Historic Town of Zabid". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  90. ^ "Old City of Sana'a". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  91. ^ "Old Walled City of Shibam". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  92. ^ "Socotra Archipelago". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.

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