World Heritage Sites in Asia

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam	Ghur Province	20021	Cultural
Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley	Bamiyan Province	20031	Cultural
1 Site inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger in 2002. 2 Site inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger in 2003.

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

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

Northern region

2005

Cultural

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat	Khulna district	1985	Cultural
Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur	Rajshahi district	1985	Cultural
The Sundarbans	Khulna district	1997	Natural

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TYPE OF SITE

Angkor	Siem Reap Province	1992	Cultural
Temple of Preah Vihear	Preah Vihear Province	2008	Cultural

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DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

The Great Wall	North and north-western border, from Qinhuangdao on the Gulf of Chihli, Hebei Province, in the east, to the vicinity of Gaodai, Gansu Province, in the west	1987	Cultural
Mount Taishan	Tai Shan, central Shandong Province	1987	Mixed
Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang	Beijing, Hebei Province; Shenyang; Liaoning Province	19871	Cultural
Mogao Caves	Dunhuang, Gansu Province (on the ancient Silk Route)	1987	Cultural
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor	Qin, near Xi'an, Shaanxi Province	1987	Cultural
Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian	South-west of Beijing, Hebei Province	1987	Cultural
Mount Huangshan	Southern Anhui province	1990	Mixed
Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area	Northern Sichuan Province	1992	Natural
Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area	North-western Sichuan Province	1992	Natural
Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area	District of Dayong, Hunan Province	1992	Natural
Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde	Chengde, Hebei Province	1994	Cultural
Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu	Qufu, Shandong Province	1994	Cultural
Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains	Central Hubei Province	1994	Cultural
Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa	Lhasa, the autonomous region of Tibet	19942	Cultural
Lushan National Park	Around Lushan, Jiangxi Province	1996	Cultural
Mount Emei Scenic Area, Including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area	Emei Shan, central Sichuan Province	1996	Mixed
Old Town of Lijiang	Lijiang, Yunnan Province	1997	Cultural
Ancient City of Ping Yao	Near Taiyuan, Shanxi Province	1997	Cultural
Classical Gardens of Suzhou	Suzhou, Jiangsu Province	19973	Cultural
Temple of Heaven	Beijing	1998	Cultural
Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing	Beijing	1998	Cultural
Dazu Rock Carvings	On the Yangzi River, Dazu district, Sichuan Province	1999	Cultural
Mount Wuyi	Wuyi Shan and environs, north-western Fujian Province	1999	Mixed
Mount Qincheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System	Chengdu Plains, Sichuan Province	2000	Cultural
Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui—Xidi and Hongcun	Near Huangshan, Anhui Province	2000	Cultural
Longmen caves	Near Luoyang, Henan Province	2000	Cultural
Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties	Baoding and Zunhua, Hebei Province; Zhongxiang, Hubei Province	20004	Cultural
Yungang Grottoes	Near Datong, Shanxi Province	2001	Cultural
Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas	North-western Yunnan Province	2003	Natural
Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom	Ji'an and surrounding area, Jilin Province	2004	Cultural
Historic Centre of Macao	Macao S. A. R.	2005	Cultural
Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries	Qionglai and Jiajin Mountains, Sichuan Province	2006	Natural
Yin Xu	Near Anyang City, Henan Province	2006	Cultural
Kaiping Diaolou and Villages	Kaiping, Guangdong Province	2007	Cultural
South China Karst	Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi Zhuang Provinces	2007	Natural
Fujian Tulou	Fujian Province	2008	Cultural
Mount Sanqingshan National Park	Huyaiyu mountains, Jiangxi Province	2008	Natural
1 The site was extended in 2004 to include 114 Imperial palace buildings in Shenyang. 2 The site was extended in 2000 to include the 7th-century Jokhang Temple Monastery, and in 2001 to include the 17th-century Norbulingka site. 3 The site was extended in 2000 to include five more gardens and garden buildings. 4 The site was extended in 2003 to include two additional burial sites. In 2004 it was extended again to include three further Qing dynasty tombs in Lioning Province.

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Ajanta Caves	Near Ajanta village, Maharashtra, central India	1983	Cultural
Ellora Caves	Near Aurangabad, Maharashtra, central India	1983	Cultural
Agra Fort	Agra, Uttar Pradesh, northern India	1983	Cultural
Taj Mahal	Agra, Uttar Pradesh, northern India	1983	Cultural
Sun Temple, Konarak	Konarak, near Puri, Orissa, eastern India	1984	Cultural
Group of Monuments of Mahabalipuram	South of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, southern India	1984	Cultural
Kaziranga National Park	Nagargaon and Golaghat districts, southern bank of the Brahmaputra River, Mikir Hills, Assam, north-eastern India	1985	Natural
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary	Barpeta and Kokrajhar districts, Assam, north-eastern India, along the border with Bhutan	19851	Natural
Keoladeo National Park	south-east of Bharatpur, eastern Rajasthan, northern India	1985	Natural
Churches and Convents of Goa	Goa, western India	1986	Cultural
Khajuraho Group of Monuments	Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, central India	1986	Cultural
Group of Monuments of Hampi	Hampi, near Bellary, Karnataka, southern India	19862	Cultural
Fatehpur Sikri	Near Agra, Uttar Pradesh, northern India	1986	Cultural
Group of Monuments of Pattadakal	Pattadakal, near Badami and Bijapur, Karnataka, southern India	1987	Cultural
Elephanta Caves	Island of Elephanta (Gharapuri), Arabian Sea, near Mumbai, Maharashtra, western India	1987	Cultural
Great Living Chola Temples	Tamil Nadu, southern India	19873	Cultural
Sundarbans National Park4	Ganges delta, West Bengal, north-eastern India	1987	Natural
Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks	Western Himalaya, Chamoli region, Garhwal district, Uttaranchal, north India	19885	Natural
Buddhist Monastery at Sanchi	Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh, central-northern India	1989	Cultural
Humayun's Tomb, Delhi	Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi, north India	1993	Cultural
Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi	Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi, north India	1993	Cultural
Mountain Railways of India	Darjiling district, Lower Himalaya, West Bengal, Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, and Himachal Pradesh	19996	Cultural
Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya	Bodh Gaya, Bihar, north-eastern India	2002	Cultural
Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka	Madhya Pradesh, central India	2003	Cultural
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus)	Mumbai, Maharashtra, central India	2004	Cultural
Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park	Panchmahal district, Madhya Pradesh, central India	2004	Cultural
Red Fort Complex	Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi, north India	2007	Cultural
1 Site inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger in 1992. 2 Site inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger from 1999 to 2006. 3 Site extended in 2004 from Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur to include two further Chola temples. 4 Site borders the Sundarbans in Bangladesh, inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1997. 5 Extended to include the Valley of Flowers National Park in 2005. 6 Extended in 2005 with the addition of the Nilgiri Mountain Railway to the existing Darjiling Himalayan Railway site. Extended again in 2008 with the addition of the Kalka Shimla Railway.

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Borobudur Temple Compounds	Central Java province	1991	Cultural
Komodo National Park	East Nusa Tanggara province	1991	Natural
Prambanan Temple Compounds	Central Java province	1991	Cultural
Ujung Kulon National Park	Banten and Lampung provinces	1991	Natural
Sangiran Early Man Site	Central Java province	1996	Cultural
Lorentz National Park	Papua province	1999	Natural
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra	Naggroe Aceh Darussalam, Sumatra Utara, Jambi, Sumatra Barat, Sumatra Selatan, Bengkulu, and Lampung provinces	2004	Natural

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Meidan Emam, Esfahan	Esfahan	1979	Cultural
Persepolis	Fars	1979	Cultural
Tchogha Zanbil	Khuzestan	1979	Cultural
Takht-e Soleyman	Western Azerbaijan Province	2003	Cultural
Bam and its Cultural Landscape	Kerman Province	20041	Cultural
Pasargadae	Pars Province	2004	Cultural
Soltaniyeh	Zanjan Province	2005	Cultural
Bisotun	Kermanshah Province	2006	Cultural
The Armenian Monastic Ensembles in Iran	North-east Iran	2008	Cultural
1 Site inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger in 2004. Site extended in 2007.

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Hatra	Ninawa Governorate	1985	Cultural
Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat)	Salah al-Din Governorate	20031	Cultural
Samarra Archaeological City	Samarra, Salah al-Din Governorate	20072	Cultural
1 Site inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger in 2003. 2 Site inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger in 2007.

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Masada	Tamar Region	2001	Cultural
Old City of Acre	Western Galilee	2001	Cultural
White City of Tel Aviv—the Modern Movement	Dan Metropolitan Area, Tel-Aviv	2003	Cultural
Biblical Tels—Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba	Megiddo, Upper Galilee, and Beer Sheba Regions	2005	Cultural
Incense Route—Desert Cities in the Negev	Negev Region	2005	Cultural
Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee	11 locations in Acre and Haifa	2008	Cultural

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Himeji-jo	Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture near Kobe, south-western Honshu	1993	Cultural
Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji area	Nara Prefecture, southern Honshu	1993	Cultural
Yakushima	Yaku Island, northern Ryukyu (Nansei) Islands, off southern Kyushu, Kagoshima Prefecture	1993	Natural
Shirakami-Sanchi	Shirakami Sanchi mountains, along the border between Aomori and Akita prefectures, northern Honshu	1993	Natural
Historic monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji, and Otsu Cities)	Kyoto, Kyoto Urban Prefecture; Uji, Kyoto Urban Prefecture; Otsu, Shiga Prefecture; southern Honshu	1994	Cultural
Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama	Ainokura, Ogimachi, and Suganuma; Japanese Alps, Niigata and Toyama prefectures, north central Honshu	1995	Cultural
Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)	Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, south-western Honshu	1996	Cultural
Itsukushima Shinto Shrine	Miyajima Island, Inland Sea, off the Honshu coast, south-west of Hiroshima	1996	Cultural
Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara	Nara Prefecture, southern Honshu	1998	Cultural
Shrines and Temples of Nikko	Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, central Honshu	1999	Cultural
Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu	Ryukyu (Nansei) Islands, Okinawa Prefecture, between East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean	2000	Cultural
Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range	Kii mountains, Nara Prefecture, southern Honshu	2004	Cultural
Shiretoko	Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido	2005	Natural
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape	Shimane Prefecture	2007	Cultural

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls	Jerusalem District	19811	Cultural
1 Site inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger in 1982. Site proposed by Jordan.

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Petra	Ma'an Governorate	1985	Cultural
Quseir Amra	Az Aarqa' Governorate	1985	Cultural
Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a)	Madaba Governorate	2004	Cultural

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi	South Kazakhstan Oblast	2003	Cultural
Petroglyphs Within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly	Almaty Oblast	2004	Cultural
Saryarka—Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan	Naurzum State Nature Reserve and Korgalzhyn State Nature Reserve	2008	Natural

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Town of Luang Prabang	Luang Prabang Province	1995	Cultural
Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape	Champasak Province	2001	Cultural

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Anjar	Beqaa Governorate	1984	Cultural
Baalbek	Beqaa Governorate	1984	Cultural
Byblos	Mount Lebanon Governorate	1984	Cultural
Tyre	South Lebanon Governorate	1984	Cultural
Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab)	North Lebanon Governorate	1998	Cultural

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Gunung Mulu National Park	Northern Sarawak	2000	Natural
Kinabalu Park	Sabah State	2000	Natural
Melaka and George Town, historic cities of the Straits of Malacca	Melaka State and Pinang State	2008	Cultural

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Uvs Nuur Basin	Uvs Aimag, Zavhan Aimag, Huvsgul Aimag (Mongolia); Mongun-Taiga Kojuun, Ovur Kojuun, Tes-Khem Kojuun, Ersin Kojuun (Tuva, Russia)	2003	Natural
Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape	Orkhon-Kharkorin Region	2004	Cultural

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Kathmandu Valley	Kathmandu Valley	19791	Cultural
Sagarmatha National Park	Sagarmatha Zone	1979	Natural
Royal Chitwan National Park	Narayani Zone	1984	Natural
Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha	Lumbini Zone	1997	Cultural
1 Site extended in 2006.

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Complex of Koguryo Tombs

Pyongyang, South Phyongan Province, Nampho, South Hwangghae Province

2004

Cultural

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Bahla Fort	25 km (15 mi) west of Nazwa	1987	Cultural
Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm, and Al-Ayn	Al Dhahira region	1988	Cultural
Land of Frankincense	Dhofar province	2000	Cultural
Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman	Dakhiliya, Sharqiya, and Batinah regions	2000	Cultural
The Arabian Oryx Sanctuary, listed in 1994, was delisted in 2007.

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro	South of Larkana, west banks of the Indus River, Sindh	1980	Cultural
Buddhist Ruins of Takht-i-Bhai and Neighbouring City Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol	North-West Frontier Province	1980	Cultural
Taxila	Taxila, Punjab	1980	Cultural
Fort and Shalimar Gardens in Lahore	Lahore, Punjab	19811	Cultural
Historical Monuments of Thatta	Thatta, Sindh	1981	Cultural
Rohtas Fort	Near Jhelum, Punjab	1997	Cultural
1 Inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger in 2000.

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Baroque Churches of the Philippines	Church of San Agustin (Manila), Church of La Nuesta Senora de la Asuncion (Ilocos Sur), Church of San Agustin (Paoay), Church of Santo Tomas de Villanueva (Iloilo)	1993	Cultural
Tubbataha Reef Marine Park	Palawan	1993	Natural
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras	Luzon	19951	Cultural
Historic Town of Vigan	Ilocos Sur	1999	Cultural
Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park	Palawan	1999	Natural
1 Site inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger in 2001.

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih)

Al Hijaz province

2008

Cultural

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks	South Kyongsang province	1995	Cultural
Jongmyo Shrine	Seoul	1995	Cultural
Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple	North Kyongsang province	1995	Cultural
Changdeokgung Palace Complex	Seoul	1997	Cultural
Hwaseong Fortress	Kyonggi-do province	1997	Cultural
Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites	Challanam-do and Inch'on provinces	2000	Cultural
Gyeongju Historic Areas	Kyongsangbuk-do province	2000	Cultural
Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes	Jeju Island	2007	Natural

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Sacred City of Anuradhapura	Anuradhapura, North-Central Province	1982	Cultural
Ancient City of Polonnaruva	Northern Province	1982	Cultural
Ancient City of Sigiriya	Central Province	1982	Cultural
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications	Galle, Southern Province	1988	Cultural
Sacred City of Kandy	Kandy, Central Province	1988	Cultural
Sinharaja Forest Reserve	Sabaragamuwa and Southern province	1988	Natural
Golden Temple of Dambulla	Central Province	1991	Cultural

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Ancient City of Damascus	Damascus	1979	Cultural
Ancient City of Bosra	Near Busráash Sham, Deraa Governorate	1980	Cultural
Site of Palmyra	Palmyra, northern Syrian Desert, Homs Province	1980	Cultural
Ancient City of Aleppo	Aleppo	1986	Cultural
Crac des Chevaliers and Qal'at Salah El-Din	Al Hosn and Haffeh	2006	Cultural

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LOCATION

DATE INSCRIBED

TYPE OF SITE

Historic City of Ayutthaya	Ayutthaya province	1991	Cultural
Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns	Sukhothai and Kamphaeng Phet provinces	1991	Cultural
Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries	Kanchanaburi, Tak, and Uthai Thani provinces	1991	Natural
Ban Chiang Archaeeological Site	Udon Thani province	1992	Cultural
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex	Saraburi, Nakhon Nayok, Nakhon Rachisima, Prachinburi, Srakaew, and Burirum provinces	2005	Natural