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Year Name of the property Country Type Region Property (ha) ID
1982 Old Walled City of Shibam YE C ARB 0 192
1986 Old City of Sana'a YE C ARB 0 385
1987 Bahla Fort OM C ARB 0 433
1988 Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn OM C ARB 0 434
1993 Historic Town of Zabid YE C ARB 0 611
1994 Arabian Oryx Sanctuary Delisted 2007 OM N ARB 2,750,000 654
2000 Land of Frankincense OM C ARB 850 1010
2005 Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun BH C ARB 70 1192
2006 Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman OM C ARB 1,456 1207
2008 Socotra Archipelago YE N ARB 410,460 1263
2012 Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy BH C ARB 35,087 1364
2018 Ancient City of Qalhat OM C ARB 76 1537
2019 Dilmun Burial Mounds BH C ARB 168 1542
2023 Landmarks of the Ancient Kingdom of Saba, Marib YE C ARB 375 1700
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