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By region: Arab States
Records found: 65 properties and 1 delisted property

World Heritage List

Arab States

Year    Name of the property    Country    Type    Region    ID
1980 Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad DZ C ARB 102
1982 Djémila DZ C ARB 191
1992 Kasbah of Algiers DZ C ARB 565
1982 M'Zab Valley DZ C ARB 188
1982 Tassili n'Ajjer # DZ M ARB 179
1982 Timgad DZ C ARB 194
1982 Tipasa DZ C ARB 193
2005 Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun BH C ARB 1192
1979 Abu Mena EG C ARB 90
1979 Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis EG C ARB 87
1979 Historic Cairo EG C ARB 89
1979 Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur EG C ARB 86
1979 Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae EG C ARB 88
2002 Saint Catherine Area EG C ARB 954
2005 Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) EG N ARB 1186
2003 Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) IQ C ARB 1130
1985 Hatra IQ C ARB 277
2007 Samarra Archaeological City IQ C ARB 276
1981 Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls C ARB 148
1985 Petra JO C ARB 326
1985 Quseir Amra JO C ARB 327
2004 Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a) JO C ARB 1093
1984 Anjar LB C ARB 293
1984 Baalbek LB C ARB 294
1984 Byblos LB C ARB 295
1998 Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab) LB C ARB 850
1984 Tyre LB C ARB 299
1982 Archaeological Site of Cyrene LY C ARB 190
1982 Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna LY C ARB 183
1982 Archaeological Site of Sabratha LY C ARB 184
1986 Old Town of Ghadamès LY C ARB 362
1985 Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus LY C ARB 287
1996 Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata MR C ARB 750
1989 Banc d'Arguin National Park MR N ARB 506
1997 Archaeological Site of Volubilis MA C ARB 836
1996 Historic City of Meknes MA C ARB 793
1987 Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou MA C ARB 444
2001 Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador) MA C ARB 753
1981 Medina of Fez MA C ARB 170
1985 Medina of Marrakesh MA C ARB 331
1997 Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin) MA C ARB 837
2004 Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida) MA C ARB 1058
2006 Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman OM C ARB 1207
1994 Arabian Oryx Sanctuary Delisted 2007 OM N ARB 654
1988 Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn OM C ARB 434
1987 Bahla Fort OM C ARB 433
2000 Land of Frankincense OM C ARB 1010
2008 Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih) SA C ARB 1293
2003 Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region SD C ARB 1073
1986 Ancient City of Aleppo SY C ARB 21
1980 Ancient City of Bosra SY C ARB 22
1979 Ancient City of Damascus SY C ARB 20
2006 Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din SY C ARB 1229
1980 Site of Palmyra SY C ARB 23
1979 Amphitheatre of El Jem TN C ARB 38
1997 Dougga / Thugga TN C ARB 794
1980 Ichkeul National Park TN N ARB 8
1988 Kairouan TN C ARB 499
1988 Medina of Sousse TN C ARB 498
1979 Medina of Tunis TN C ARB 36
1985 Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis TN C ARB 332
1979 Site of Carthage TN C ARB 37
1993 Historic Town of Zabid YE C ARB 611
1986 Old City of Sana'a YE C ARB 385
1982 Old Walled City of Shibam YE C ARB 192
2008 Socotra Archipelago YE N ARB 1263

#: 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

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