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Year Name of the property Country Type Region Property (ha) ID
1987 Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang CN C APA 85 439
1987 Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor CN C APA 244 441
1987 Mogao Caves CN C APA 23,392 440
1987 Mount Taishan CN M APA 25,000 437
1987 Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian CN C APA 480 449
1987 The Great Wall CN C APA 2,152 438
1990 Mount Huangshan CN M APA 16,060 547
1992 Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area CN N APA 60,000 638
1992 Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area CN N APA 72,000 637
1992 Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area CN N APA 26,400 640
1993 Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area JP C APA 15 660
1993 Himeji-jo JP C APA 107 661
1993 Shirakami-Sanchi JP N APA 16,971 663
1993 Yakushima JP N APA 10,747 662
1994 Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains CN C APA 0 705
1994 Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa 1 CN C APA 61 707
1994 Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) JP C APA 1,056 688
1994 Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde CN C APA 611 703
1994 Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu CN C APA 183 704
1995 Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks KR C APA 0 737
1995 Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama JP C APA 68 734
1995 Jongmyo Shrine KR C APA 19 738
1995 Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple KR C APA 0 736
1996 Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) JP C APA 0 775
1996 Itsukushima Shinto Shrine JP C APA 431 776
1996 Lushan National Park CN C APA 30,200 778
1996 Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area CN M APA 15,400 779
1997 Ancient City of Ping Yao CN C APA 246 812
1997 Changdeokgung Palace Complex KR C APA 0 816
1997 Classical Gardens of Suzhou CN C APA 12 813
1997 Hwaseong Fortress KR C APA 0 817
1997 Old Town of Lijiang CN C APA 146 811
1998 Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara JP C APA 617 870
1998 Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing CN C APA 297 880
1998 Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing CN C APA 215 881
1999 Dazu Rock Carvings CN C APA 20 912
1999 Mount Wuyi CN M APA 107,044 911
1999 Shrines and Temples of Nikko JP C APA 51 913
2000 Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun CN C APA 52 1002
2000 Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites KR C APA 52 977
2000 Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu JP C APA 55 972
2000 Gyeongju Historic Areas KR C APA 2,880 976
2000 Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties CN C APA 3,435 1004
2000 Longmen Grottoes CN C APA 331 1003
2000 Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System CN C APA 0 1001
2001 Yungang Grottoes CN C APA 349 1039
2003 Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas CN N APA 0 1083
2003 Uvs Nuur Basin * MN N APA 898,064 769
2004 Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom CN C APA 4,165 1135
2004 Complex of Koguryo Tombs KP C APA 235 1091
2004 Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape MN C APA 121,967 1081
2004 Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range JP C APA 506 1142
2005 Historic Centre of Macao CN C APA 16 1110
2005 Shiretoko JP N APA 71,100 1193
2006 Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains CN N APA 924,500 1213
2006 Yin Xu CN C APA 414 1114
2007 Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape JP C APA 529 1246
2007 Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes KR N APA 9,522 1264
2007 Kaiping Diaolou and Villages CN C APA 372 1112
2007 South China Karst CN N APA 97,125 1248
2008 Fujian Tulou CN C APA 153 1113
2008 Mount Sanqingshan National Park CN N APA 22,950 1292
2009 Mount Wutai CN C APA 18,415 1279
2009 Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty KR C APA 1,891 1319
2010 China Danxia CN N APA 82,151 1335
2010 Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Centre of Heaven and Earth” CN C APA 825 1305
2010 Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong KR C APA 600 1324
2011 Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land JP C APA 176 1277
2011 Ogasawara Islands JP N APA 7,939 1362
2011 Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai MN C APA 11,300 1382
2011 West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou CN C APA 3,323 1334
2012 Chengjiang Fossil Site CN N APA 512 1388
2012 Site of Xanadu CN C APA 25,131 1389
2013 Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces CN C APA 16,603 1111
2013 Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration JP C APA 20,702 1418
2013 Historic Monuments and Sites in Kaesong KP C APA 494 1278
2013 Xinjiang Tianshan CN N APA 606,833 1414
2014 Namhansanseong KR C APA 409 1439
2014 Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor * CN C APA 42,668 1442
2014 The Grand Canal CN C APA 20,819 1443
2014 Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites JP C APA 7 1449
2015 Baekje Historic Areas KR C APA 135 1477
2015 Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and its surrounding sacred landscape MN C APA 443,739 1440
2015 Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining JP C APA 307 1484
2015 Tusi Sites CN C APA 781 1474
2016 Hubei Shennongjia CN N APA 79,624 1509
2016 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement * JP C APA 98 1321
2016 Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape CN C APA 6,622 1508
2017 Kulangsu, a Historic International Settlement CN C APA 316 1541
2017 Landscapes of Dauria * MN N APA 912,624 1448
2017 Qinghai Hoh Xil CN N APA 3,735,632 1540
2017 Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region JP C APA 99 1535
2018 Fanjingshan CN N APA 40,275 1559
2018 Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region JP C APA 5,567 1495
2018 Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries in Korea KR C APA 55 1562
2019 Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City CN C APA 1,434 1592
2019 Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China (Phase I) CN N APA 188,643 1606
2019 Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan JP C APA 167 1593
2019 Seowon, Korean Neo-Confucian Academies KR C APA 102 1498
2021 Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island JP N APA 42,698 1574
2021 Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats KR N APA 128,411 1591
2021 Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan JP C APA 142 1632
2021 Quanzhou: Emporium of the World in Song-Yuan China CN C APA 536 1561
2023 Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu’er CN C APA 7,168 1665
2023 Deer Stone Monuments and Related Bronze Age Sites MN C APA 9,769 1621
2023 Gaya Tumuli KR C APA 189 1666
Notes

  1. Extension of "The Potala Palace and the Jokhang Temple Monastery, Lhasa" to include the Norbulingka area.

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