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Delisted
23
In Danger
84
Cultural
6
Natural
3
Mixed
Year Name of the property Country Type Region Property (ha) ID
1980 Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad DZ C ARB 150 102
1982 Djémila DZ C ARB 31 191
1982 M'Zab Valley DZ C ARB 665 188
1982 Tassili n'Ajjer # DZ M ARB 7,200,000 179
1982 Timgad DZ C ARB 91 194
1982 Tipasa DZ C ARB 52 193
1992 Kasbah of Algiers DZ C ARB 55 565
2005 Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun BH C ARB 70 1192
2012 Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy BH C ARB 35,087 1364
2019 Dilmun Burial Mounds BH C ARB 168 1542
1979 Abu Mena EG C ARB 183 90
1979 Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis EG C ARB 7,390 87
1979 Historic Cairo EG C ARB 524 89
1979 Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur EG C ARB 16,359 86
1979 Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae EG C ARB 374 88
2002 Saint Catherine Area EG C ARB 60,100 954
2005 Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) EG N ARB 20,015 1186
1985 Hatra IQ C ARB 324 277
2003 Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) IQ C ARB 70 1130
2007 Samarra Archaeological City IQ C ARB 15,058 276
2014 Erbil Citadel IQ C ARB 16 1437
2016 The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities IQ M ARB 211,544 1481
2019 Babylon IQ C ARB 1,054 278
1981 Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls C ARB 0 148
1985 Petra JO C ARB 26,171 326
1985 Quseir Amra JO C ARB 0 327
2004 Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a) JO C ARB 24 1093
2011 Wadi Rum Protected Area JO M ARB 74,180 1377
2015 Baptism Site “Bethany Beyond the Jordan” (Al-Maghtas) JO C ARB 294 1446
2021 As-Salt - The Place of Tolerance and Urban Hospitality JO C ARB 25 689
1984 Anjar LB C ARB 0 293
1984 Baalbek LB C ARB 0 294
1984 Byblos LB C ARB 0 295
1984 Tyre LB C ARB 154 299
1998 Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab) LB C ARB 1,720 850
2023 Rachid Karami International Fair-Tripoli LB C ARB 72 1702
1982 Archaeological Site of Cyrene LY C ARB 132 190
1982 Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna LY C ARB 387 183
1982 Archaeological Site of Sabratha LY C ARB 91 184
1985 Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus LY C ARB 3,923,961 287
1986 Old Town of Ghadamès LY C ARB 288 362
1989 Banc d'Arguin National Park MR N ARB 1,200,000 506
1996 Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata MR C ARB 0 750
1981 Medina of Fez MA C ARB 280 170
1985 Medina of Marrakesh MA C ARB 1,107 331
1987 Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou MA C ARB 3 444
1996 Historic City of Meknes MA C ARB 0 793
1997 Archaeological Site of Volubilis MA C ARB 42 836
1997 Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin) MA C ARB 7 837
2001 Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador) MA C ARB 57 753
2004 Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida) MA C ARB 8 1058
2012 Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared Heritage MA C ARB 349 1401
1987 Bahla Fort OM C ARB 0 433
1988 Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn OM C ARB 0 434
1994 Arabian Oryx Sanctuary Delisted 2007 OM N ARB 2,750,000 654
2000 Land of Frankincense OM C ARB 850 1010
2006 Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman OM C ARB 1,456 1207
2018 Ancient City of Qalhat OM C ARB 76 1537
2013 Al Zubarah Archaeological Site QA C ARB 416 1402
2008 Hegra Archaeological Site (al-Hijr / Madā ͐ in Ṣāliḥ) SA C ARB 1,621 1293
2010 At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah SA C ARB 29 1329
2014 Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah SA C ARB 18 1361
2015 Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia SA C ARB 2,044 1472
2018 Al-Ahsa Oasis, an Evolving Cultural Landscape SA C ARB 8,544 1563
2021 Ḥimā Cultural Area SA C ARB 242 1619
2023 ‘Uruq Bani Ma’arid SA N ARB 1,276,500 1699
2012 Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem PS C ARB 3 1433
2014 Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines – Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir PS C ARB 349 1492
2017 Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town PS C ARB 21 1565
2023 Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan PS C ARB 6 1687
2003 Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region SD C ARB 183 1073
2011 Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe SD C ARB 2,357 1336
2016 Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park SD N ARB 260,700 262
1979 Ancient City of Damascus SY C ARB 86 20
1980 Ancient City of Bosra SY C ARB 116 22
1980 Site of Palmyra SY C ARB 1,640 23
1986 Ancient City of Aleppo SY C ARB 364 21
2006 Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din SY C ARB 9 1229
2011 Ancient Villages of Northern Syria SY C ARB 12,290 1348
1979 Amphitheatre of El Jem TN C ARB 1 38
1979 Archaeological Site of Carthage TN C ARB 498 37
1979 Medina of Tunis TN C ARB 296 36
1980 Ichkeul National Park TN N ARB 12,600 8
1985 Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis TN C ARB 0 332
1988 Kairouan TN C ARB 68 499
1988 Medina of Sousse TN C ARB 32 498
1997 Dougga / Thugga TN C ARB 75 794
2023 Djerba: Testimony to a settlement pattern in an island territory TN C ARB 0 1640
2011 Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas) AE C ARB 4,945 1343
1982 Old Walled City of Shibam YE C ARB 0 192
1986 Old City of Sana'a YE C ARB 0 385
1993 Historic Town of Zabid YE C ARB 0 611
2008 Socotra Archipelago YE N ARB 410,460 1263
2023 Landmarks of the Ancient Kingdom of Saba, Marib YE C ARB 375 1700

#: 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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Cultural Natural Mixed

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