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158
Properties
8
Transboundary
72
States Parties with properties out of 195
0
Delisted
18
In Danger
101
Cultural
49
Natural
8
Mixed

Also protected by

Algeria
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Australia
Barbados
Belgium
Benin
Botswana
Brazil
Burkina Faso
Cabo Verde
Central African Republic
Congo
Côte d'Ivoire
Cuba
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Dominican Republic
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Germany
Ghana
Guinea
Haiti
India
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Ireland
Israel
Kenya
Libya
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Oman
Panama
Portugal
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
South Africa
Spain
Sudan
Suriname
Tunisia
Uganda
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Republic of Tanzania
Yemen
Zimbabwe

Also protected by RAMSAR

Also protected by Biosphere Reserves

Also protected by Second Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict

Also protected by 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

Notes

  1. The “Hadrian’s Wall” which was previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the transnational property “Frontiers of the Roman Empire”.

  2. The “Hadrian’s Wall” which was previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the transnational property “Frontiers of the Roman Empire”.

  3. Extension of "Jaú National Park".

  4. (renomination under cultural criteria)

*: transboundary property

#: As for 19 Natural and Mixed Properties inscribed for geological values before 1994, criteria numbering of this property has changed. See Decision 30.COM 8D.1

Legend
Category of property

Cultural Natural Mixed

Property inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger

Cultural Natural Mixed

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