As of 2006, there are a total of 830 World Heritage Sites located in 138 State Parties. Of these, 644 are cultural, 162 are natural and 24 are mixed properties. Further site classification includes the classification of the State Parties among five geographic zones: Africa, Arab States (composed of northern Africa and the Middle East), Asia-Pacific (includes Australia and Oceania), Europe and North America (specifically, USA and Canada), and Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Note: The maps are current as of 2006. Transboundary sites have been redistributed among the concerned countries, hence, have been counted multiple times.
State Party | Natural WHS | Cultural WHS | Mixed WHS | Total WHS | Zone |
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2 | 2 | 4 | Asia-Pacific | |
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2 | 2 | 4 | Europe and North America | |
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6 | 1 | 7 | Arab States | |
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1 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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4 | 3 | 7 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | ||
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3 | 3 | Europe and North America | ||
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11 | 1 | 4 | 16 | Asia-Pacific |
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7 | 7 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 1 | Arab States | ||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Asia-Pacific | |
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2 | 2 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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8 | 8 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | ||
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1 | 1 | Africa | ||
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1 | 5 | 6 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |
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1 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 1 | Africa | ||
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7 | 9 | 16 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |
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2 | 7 | 9 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 1 | Asia-Pacific | ||
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1 | 1 | Africa | ||
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6 | 5 | 11 | Europe and North America | |
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2 | 2 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 1 | Africa | ||
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5 | 5 | Latin America and the Caribbean | ||
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5 | 24 | 4 | 33 | Asia-Pacific |
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2 | 4 | 6 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |
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2 | 2 | Latin America and the Caribbean | ||
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | ||
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2 | 2 | Africa | ||
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1 | 5 | 6 | Europe and North America | |
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2 | 6 | 8 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |
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3 | 3 | Europe and North America | ||
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12 | 12 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 1 | Asia-Pacific | ||
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5 | 5 | Africa | ||
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1 | 3 | 4 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | ||
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | ||
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2 | 2 | 4 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |
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1 | 6 | 7 | Arab States | |
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | ||
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1 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 7 | 8 | Africa | |
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5 | 5 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 1 | 2 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 27 | 28 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 1 | Africa | ||
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1 | 1 | Africa | ||
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3 | 3 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 29 | 30 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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2 | 2 | Africa | ||
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14 | 2 | 16 | Europe and North America | |
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2 | 1 | 3 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |
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1 | 1 | Africa | ||
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | ||
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1 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 1 | 2 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |
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6 | 6 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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5 | 21 | 26 | Asia-Pacific | |
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4 | 3 | 7 | Asia-Pacific | |
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8 | 8 | Asia-Pacific | ||
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2 | 2 | Arab States | ||
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2 | 2 | Europe and North America | ||
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6 | 6 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 39 | 40 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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3 | 10 | 13 | Asia-Pacific | |
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3 | 3 | Arab States | ||
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2 | 2 | Asia-Pacific | ||
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2 | 1 | 3 | Africa | |
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2 | 2 | Asia-Pacific | ||
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1 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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5 | 5 | Arab States | ||
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5 | 5 | Arab States | ||
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2 | 2 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 1 | 2 | Africa | |
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1 | 1 | 2 | Africa | |
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2 | 2 | Asia-Pacific | ||
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3 | 1 | 4 | Africa | |
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3 | 3 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 1 | 2 | Arab States | |
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1 | 1 | Arab States | ||
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3 | 23 | 26 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |
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1 | 1 | Asia-Pacific | ||
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1 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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8 | 8 | Arab States | ||
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1 | 1 | Africa | ||
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2 | 2 | 4 | Asia-Pacific | |
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7 | 7 | Europe and North America | ||
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2 | 1 | 3 | Asia-Pacific | |
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | ||
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2 | 2 | Africa | ||
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2 | 2 | Africa | ||
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1 | 5 | 6 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 4 | 5 | Arab States | |
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6 | 6 | Asia-Pacific | ||
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2 | 2 | 4 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | ||
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2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | Latin America and the Caribbean |
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2 | 3 | 5 | Asia-Pacific | |
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11 | 11 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 12 | 13 | Europe and North America | |
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7 | 7 | Asia-Pacific | ||
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1 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 6 | 7 | Europe and North America | |
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7 | 13 | 20 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | ||
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | ||
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2 | 2 | 4 | Africa | |
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3 | 3 | Europe and North America | ||
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2 | 2 | Africa | ||
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4 | 4 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 1 | Asia-Pacific | ||
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3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | Africa |
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2 | 35 | 1 | 38 | Europe and North America |
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1 | 6 | 7 | Asia-Pacific | |
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1 | 1 | Arab States | ||
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1 | 1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |
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11 | 1 | 12 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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2 | 4 | 6 | Europe and North America | |
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5 | 5 | Arab States | ||
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2 | 3 | 5 | Asia-Pacific | |
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1 | 1 | Africa | ||
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1 | 7 | 8 | Arab States | |
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7 | 2 | 9 | Europe and North America | |
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2 | 2 | Asia-Pacific | ||
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2 | 1 | 3 | Africa | |
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2 | 2 | Europe and North America | ||
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4 | 21 | 1 | 26 | Europe and North America |
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4 | 3 | 7 | Africa | |
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10 | 8 | 18 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | ||
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4 | 4 | Asia-Pacific | ||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |
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2 | 3 | 5 | Asia-Pacific | |
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3 | 3 | Arab States | ||
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1 | 1 | Africa | ||
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1 | 3 | 4 | Africa |
See also
editExternal links
edit- UNESCO World Heritage Sites — Official website
- List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites — Official website
- World Heritage Site — World Heritage Details website
- WHTour — The World Heritage List in panographies and virtual tours
- VRheritage.org — Documentation of World Heritage Sites
- Worldheritage-Forum — Weblog and Information on World Heritage Issues
- UNESCO World Heritage List — Complete list with links and map of all sites
- whc.kmz — The World Heritage List in Google Earth (en français)
- Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage at Law-Ref.org — Fully indexed and crosslinked with other documents
- Organization of World Heritage Cities — Dealing with urban sites only
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