List of World Heritage Sites in Western Asia
The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated 95 World Heritage Sites in 18 countries (also called "state parties") of Western Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Yemen. While Egypt is partially in Western Asia, its World Heritage Sites are listed under Africa instead. One site is located in Jerusalem.[nb 1] Kuwait is the only country in the region that does not have any World Heritage Sites.[1][2] Arabian Oryx Sanctuary was designated as a World Heritage Site of Oman in 1994 but was delisted in 2007. As the protected area was reduced by 90% as a result of Oman's decision, UNESCO delisted the site.[3]
In this region, Iran is home to the most inscribed sites with 23 sites.[4] The first sites to be recognized by UNESCO from the region were Persepolis, Meidan Emam, Esfahan, Tchogha Zanbil (Iran) and the Ancient City of Damascus (Syria).[5] Each year, UNESCO's World Heritage Committee may inscribe new sites on the list, or delist sites that no longer meet the criteria. Selection is based on ten criteria: six for cultural heritage (i–vi) and four for natural heritage (vii–x).[6] Some sites, designated "mixed sites," represent both cultural and natural heritage. In Western Asia, there are 67 cultural, 1 natural, and 3 mixed sites.[7]
The World Heritage Committee may also specify that a site is endangered, citing "conditions which threaten the very characteristics for which a property was inscribed on the World Heritage List." Seven sites in this region are currently listed as endangered; one site (Bahla Fort) had been listed previously, and possible danger listing has been considered by UNESCO in a number of other cases.[8]
Legend
- Site; named after the World Heritage Committee's official designation[4]
- Location; at city, regional, or provincial level and geocoordinates
- Criteria; as defined by the World Heritage Committee[6]
- Area; in hectares and acres. If available, the size of the buffer zone has been noted as well. A value of zero implies that no data has been published by UNESCO
- Year; during which the site was inscribed to the World Heritage List
- Description; brief information about the site, including reasons for qualifying as an endangered site, if applicable
World Heritage Sites
Site | Image | Location | Criteria | Area ha (acre) |
Year | Description | Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman | Sharqiyah and Batinah Regions, 22°59′56″N 57°32′10″E |
Cultural: (v) |
1,456 (3,600); buffer zone 16,404 (40,540) | 2006 | [9] | ||
Al-Ahsa | Al-Ahsa Governorate, 25°25′46″N 49°37′19″E |
Cultural: (iii)(iv)(v) |
8,544 (21,110); buffer zone 21,556 (53,270) | 2018 | [10] | ||
Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih) | Al Madinah Province, 26°47′1″N 37°57′18″E |
Cultural: (ii)(iii) |
1,621 (4,010); buffer zone 1,659 (4,100) | 2008 | [11] | ||
Al Zubarah Archaeological Site | Madinat ash Shamal, 25°58′41″N 51°1′47″E |
Cultural: (iii)(iv)(v) |
416 (1,030); buffer zone 7,196 (17,780) | 2013 | [12] | ||
Ancient City of Aleppo | Aleppo Governorate, 36°14′0″N 37°10′0″E |
Cultural: (iii)(iv) |
350 (860) | 1986 | [13] | ||
Ancient City of Bosra | Daraa Governorate, 32°31′5″N 36°28′54″E |
Cultural: (i)(iii)(vi) |
— | 1980 | [14] | ||
Ancient City of Damascus | Damascus Governorate, 33°30′41″N 36°18′23″E |
Cultural: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) |
86 (210) | 1979 | [15] | ||
Ancient City of Qalhat | Ash Sharqiyah South Governorate, 22°42′N 59°22′E |
Cultural: (ii)(iii) |
75.82 (187.4); buffer zone 170.09 (420.3) | 2018 | [16] | ||
Ancient Villages of Northern Syria | Aleppo and Idlib Governorates, 36°20′3″N 36°50′39″E |
Cultural: (iii)(iv)(v) |
12,290 (30,400) | 2011 | [17] | ||
Anjar | Beqaa Governorate, 33°43′33″N 35°55′47″E |
Cultural: (iii)(iv) |
— | 1984 | [18] | ||
Archaeological Site of Troy | Çanakkale Province, 39°57′23″N 26°14′20″E |
Cultural: (ii)(iii)(vi) |
158 (390) | 1998 | [19] | ||
Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn | Ad Dhahirah Region, 23°16′11″N 56°44′42″E |
Cultural: (iii)(iv) |
— | 1988 | [20] | ||
Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran | West Azerbaijan, 38°58′44″N 45°28′24″E |
Cultural: (ii)(iii)(vi) |
129 (320); buffer zone 655 (1,620) | 2008 | including: St Thaddeus Monastery, St Stepanos Monastery, Chapel of Dzordzor, Chapel of Chupan, Church of the Holy Mother of God | [21] | |
Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) | Salah ad Din Governorate, 35°27′32″N 43°15′35″E |
Cultural: (iii)(iv) |
70 (170); buffer zone 100 (250) | 2003 | [22] [23] | ||
At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah | Riyadh Province, 24°44′3″N 46°34′21″E |
Cultural: (ii)(iii) |
29 (72) | 2008 | [24] | ||
Baalbek | Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, 34°0′25″N 36°12′18″E |
Cultural: (i)(iv) |
— | 1984 | [25] | ||
Babylon | Hillah, 32°32′11″N 44°25′15″E |
Cultural: (iii)(vi) |
1,054.3 (2,605) ; buffer zone 154.5 (382) | 2019 | [26] | ||
Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee | Haifa and North District, 32°49′46″N 34°58′18″E |
Cultural: (iii)(vi) |
63 (160); buffer zone 255 (630) | 2008 | [27] | ||
Bahla Fort | Ad Dakhiliyah Region, 22°57′51″N 57°18′4″E |
Cultural: (iv) |
— | 1987 | [28] | ||
Bam and its Cultural Landscape | Kerman, 29°07′00.68″N 58°22′06.51″E |
Cultural: (ii)(iii)(iv)(v) |
— | 2004 | [29] | ||
Baptism Site “Bethany Beyond the Jordan” (Al-Maghtas) | Jordan River, 31°50′13″N 35°32′50″E |
Cultural: (iii)(vi) |
294 (730); buffer zone 957 (2,360) | 2015 | [30] | ||
Biblical tells - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba | 32°35′50″N 35°10′56″E |
Cultural: (ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) |
96 (240); buffer zone 604 (1,490) | 2005 | [31] | ||
Bisotun | Kermanshah, 34°23′18″N 47°26′12″E |
Cultural: (ii)(iii) |
187 (460); buffer zone 361 (890) | 2006 | [32] | ||
Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire | City of Bursa and village of Cumalıkızık, Bursa Province, 40°11′5″N 29°3′44″E |
Cultural: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) |
193 (480) | 2014 | [33] | ||
Byblos | Mount Lebanon Governorate, 34°7′9″N 35°38′51″E |
Cultural: (iii)(iv)(vi) |
— | 1984 | [34] | ||
Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves | Southern District, 31°36′0″N 34°53′44″E |
Cultural: (V) |
259 (640) | 2014 | [35] | ||
Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots | Armavir Province, 40°9′34″N 44°17′43″E |
Cultural: (ii)(iii) |
74 (180) | 2000 | [36] | ||
Choirokoitia | Larnaca District, 34°47′54″N 33°20′36″E |
Cultural: (ii)(iii)(iv) |
— | 1998 | [37] | ||
Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem | Bethlehem Governorate, 31°42′16″N 35°12′28″E |
Cultural: (iv), (vi) |
2.98 (7.4) | 2012 | [38][39][40] | ||
Erbil Citadel | 36°11′28″N 44°0′33″E |
Cultural: (iv) |
16 (40); buffer zone 268 (660) | 2014 | [41] | ||
City of Safranbolu | City and district of Safranbolu, Karabük Province, 41°15′36″N 32°41′23″E |
Cultural: (ii)(iv)(v) |
193 (480) | 1994 | [42] | ||
Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din | Homs and Latakia Governorates, 34°46′54″N 36°15′47″E |
Cultural: (ii)(iv) |
9 (22) | 2006 | [43] | ||
Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas) | 24°4′4″N 55°48′23″E |
Cultural: (iii)(iv)(v) |
4,945 (12,220); buffer zone 7,605 (18,790) | 2011 | [44] | ||
Dilmun Burial Mounds | Northern Governorate and Southern Governorate, 26°8′59″N 50°30′46″E |
Cultural: (iii)(iv) |
168.45 (416.2) ; buffer zone 383.46 (947.6) | 2019 | [45] | ||
Gelati Monastery | Imereti, 42°17′41″N 42°46′6″E |
Cultural: (iv) |
4.2 (10); buffer zone 1,246 (3,080) | 1994[nb 2] | [46] | ||
Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape | Garadagh and Absheron districts, 40°7′30″N 49°22′30″E |
Cultural: (iii) |
537 (1,330); buffer zone 3,096 (7,650) | 2007 | [47] | ||
Golestan Palace | Tehran, 35°40′49″N 51°25′14″E |
Cultural: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) |
5.3 (13); buffer zone 26 (64) | 2013 | [48] | ||
Gonbad-e Qabus | Golestan, 37°15′29″N 55°10′8″E |
Cultural: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) |
1.48 (3.7); buffer zone 18 (44) | 2012 | [49] | ||
Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği | city and district of Divriği, Sivas Province, 39°22′25″N 38°7′25″E |
Cultural: (i)(iv) |
2,016 (4,980) | 1985 | [50] | ||
Göbekli Tepe | Şanlıurfa Province, 37°13′23″N 38°55′21″E |
Cultural: (i)(ii)(iv) |
126 (310); buffer zone 461 (1,140) | 2018 | [51] | ||
Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia | Nevşehir Province in Central Anatolia Region, 38°40′0″N 34°51′0″E |
Mixed: (i)(iii)(v)(vii) |
9,576 (23,660) | 1985 | [52] | ||
Hatra | Ninawa Governorate, 35°35′17″N 42°43′6″E |
Cultural: (ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) |
324 (800) | 1985 | [53] | ||
Hattusha: the Hittite Capital | Sungurlu, Çorum Province, 40°0′50″N 34°37′14″E |
Cultural: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) |
268 (660) | 1986 | [54] | ||
Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town | Hebron Governorate, 31°31′30″N 35°06′30″E |
Cultural: (ii)(iv)(vi) |
20.6 (51) | 2017 | The centre of interest of the town was the site of Al mosque -Ibrahim / the tomb of the Patriarchs whose buildings are in a compound built in the 1st century CE to protect the tombs of the patriarch Abraham / Ibrahim and his family. | [55] | |
Hierapolis-Pamukkale | Denizli Province, 37°55′26″N 29°7′24″E |
Mixed: (iii)(iv)(vii) |
1,077 (2,660) | 1988 | [56] | ||
Historic Areas of Istanbul | Istanbul city and Istanbul Province, 41°0′30″N 28°58′48″E |
Cultural: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) |
678 (1,680) | 1985 | [57] | ||
Historic Centre of Sheki with the Khan’s Palace | Sheki, 41°12′12″N 47°11′15″E |
Cultural: (ii)(v) |
120.5 (298) ; buffer zone 146 (360) | 2019 | [58] | ||
Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah | Jeddah, 21°29′2″N 39°11′15″E |
Cultural: (ii)(iv)(vi) |
18 (44) ; buffer zone 114 (280) | 2014 | [59] | ||
Historical Monuments of Mtskheta | Mtskheta-Mtianeti, 41°51′N 44°43′E |
Cultural: (iii)(iv) |
— | 1994 | |||
Historic Town of Zabid | Al Hudaydah Governorate, 14°11′53″N 43°19′48″E |
Cultural: (iii) |
— | 1993 | [60] [61] | ||
Hyrcanian forests | Golestan, Mazandaran and Gilan Province, 37°25′17.3″N 55°43′27.4″E |
Natural: (ix) |
129,484.74 (319,963.8) ; buffer zone 177,128.79 (437,694.8) | 2019 | [62] | ||
Incense Route – Desert Cities in the Negev | Negev, 30°32′28″N 35°9′39″E |
Cultural: (iii)(v) |
— | 2005 | [63] | ||
Land of Frankincense | Dhofar Governorate, 18°15′12″N 53°38′51″E |
Cultural: (iii)(iv) |
850 (2,100); buffer zone 1,243 (3,070) | 2000 | [37][64] | ||
Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines – Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir | Bethlehem Governorate, 31°43′11″N 35°7′50″E |
Cultural: (iv), (v) |
2014 | [65] | |||
Masada | South District, 31°18′49″N 35°21′10″E |
Cultural: (iii)(iv)(vi) |
276 (680); buffer zone 28,965 (71,570) | 2001 | [66] | ||
Masjed-e Jāmé of Isfahan | Isfahan, 32°40′11″N 51°41′7″E |
Cultural: (ii) |
2.08 (5.1); buffer zone 19 (47) | 2012 | [67] | ||
Meidan Emam, Esfahan | Isfahan, 32°39′27″N 51°40′40″E |
Cultural: (i)(v)(vi) |
— | 1979 | [68] | ||
Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin | Haghpat and Sanahin, Lori Province, 41°5′42″N 44°42′37″E |
Cultural: (ii)(iv) |
2.65 (6.5); buffer zone 24 (59) | 1996[nb 3] | [69] | ||
Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley | near Goght, Kotayk Province, 40°9′32″N 44°47′48″E |
Cultural: (ii) |
2.70 (6.7) | 2000 | [70] | ||
Nemrut Dağ | Adiyaman Province, 38°2′12″N 38°45′49″E |
Cultural: (i)(iii)(iv) |
11 (27) | 1987 | [71] | ||
Neolithic Site of Çatalhöyük | Central Anatolia Region, 37°40′0″N 32°49′41″E |
Cultural: (iii)(iv) |
37 (91); buffer zone 111 (270) | 2012 | [72] | ||
Old City of Acre | Western Galilee, 32°55′42″N 35°5′2″E |
Cultural: (ii)(iii)(v) |
63 (160) | 2001 | [73] | ||
Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls | Jerusalem 31°46′36.12″N 35°14′3.12″E | Cultural: (ii)(iii)(vi) | — | 1985 | As a holy city for Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Jerusalem holds great symbolic importance and is recognized by all three religions as the site of Abraham's sacrifice. The Wailing Wall delimits the quarters of the different religious communities, while the Resurrection rotunda in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre houses Christ's tomb. | [74] | |
Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape | Bergama, Izmir Province 39°7′33″N 27°10′48″E |
Cultural: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) |
333 (820); buffer zone 477 (1,180) | 2014 | [75] | ||
Old City of Sana'a | Sana'a Governorate, 15°21′20″N 44°12′29″E |
Cultural: (iv)(v)(vi) |
— | 1986 | [76] | ||
Shahr-i Sokhta | Sistan and Baluchestan Province, 30°35′38″N 61°19′40″E |
Cultural: (ii)(iii)(iv) |
1,456 (3,600); buffer zone 2,200 (5,400) | 2014 | [77] | ||
Old Walled City of Shibam | Hadhramaut Governorate, 15°55′37″N 48°37′36″E |
Cultural: (iii)(iv)(v) |
— | 1982 | [78] | ||
Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab) | North Lebanon Governorate, 34°14′36″N 36°2′56″E |
Cultural: (iii)(iv) |
— | 1998 | [79] | ||
Painted Churches in the Troodos Region | Troodos Mountains, Limassol and Nicosia Districts, 34°55′13″N 33°5′45″E |
Cultural: (iii)(vi) |
— | 1985[nb 4] | [80] [81] | ||
Paphos | Paphos District, 34°45′30″N 32°24′20″E |
Cultural: (iii)(vi) |
— | 1980 | [82] | ||
Pasargadae | Pars, 30°11′38″N 53°10′2″E |
Cultural: (1)(ii)(iii)(iv) |
160 (400); buffer zone 7,127 (17,610) | 2004 | [83] | ||
Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy | Muharraq Governorate, 26°14′29″N 50°36′49″E |
Cultural: (iii) |
35,087 (86,700); buffer zone 95,876 (236,910) | 2012 | [84] | ||
Persepolis | Fars, 29°56′4″N 52°52′25″E |
Cultural: (i)(iii)(vi) |
13 (32) | 1979 | [85] | ||
Petra | Ma'an Governorate, 30°19′50″N 35°26′36″E |
Cultural: (i)(iii)(iv) |
— | 1985 | [86] | ||
Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun | Northern Governorate, 26°13′59″N 50°31′20″E |
Cultural: (ii)(iii)(iv) |
32 (79); buffer zone 1,238 (3,060) | 2005[nb 5] | [87] [88] | ||
Quseir Amra | Zarqa Governorate, 31°48′7″N 36°35′9″E |
Cultural: (i)(iii)(iv) |
— | 1985 | [89] | ||
Samarra Archaeological City | Salah ad Din Governorate, 34°20′28″N 43°49′25″E |
Cultural: (ii)(iii)(iv) |
15,058 (37,210); buffer zone 31,414 (77,630) | 2007 | [90] [91] | ||
Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region | Fars Province, 29°46′39″N 51°34′13″E |
Cultural: (ii)(iii)(iv) |
639 (1,580); buffer zone 12,715 (31,420) | 2018 | [92] | ||
Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex | Edirne, East Thrace, 41°40′40″N 26°33′34″E |
Cultural: (i)(iv) |
2.50 (6.2); buffer zone 38 (94) | 2011 | [93] | ||
Sheikh Safi al-din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil | Ardabil, Ardabil Province, 38°14′55″N 48°17′29″E |
Cultural: (i)(ii)(iv) |
2.14 (5.3); buffer zone 13 (32) | 2010 | [94] | ||
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System | Khuzestan, 32°1′7″N 48°50′9″E |
Cultural: (i)(ii)(v) |
240 (590); buffer zone 1,572 (3,880) | 2009 | [95] | ||
Site of Palmyra | Homs Governorate, 34°33′15″N 38°16′0″E |
Cultural: (i)(ii)(iv) |
0.36 (0.89) | 1980 | [96] | ||
Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves | Mount Carmel, 32°40′12″N 34°57′55″E |
Cultural: (iii)(v) |
54 (130); buffer zone 370 (910) | 2012 | [97] | ||
Socotra Archipelago | Hadhramaut Governorate, 12°30′N 53°50′E |
Natural: (x) |
410,460 (1,014,300); buffer zone 1,740,958 (4,302,000) | 2008 | [98] | ||
Soltaniyeh | Zanjan, 36°26′7″N 48°47′48″E |
Cultural: (ii)(iii)(iv) |
790 (2,000); buffer zone 350 (860) | 2005 | [99] | ||
Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex | Tabriz, 38°4′53″N 46°17′35″E |
Cultural: (ii)(iii)(iv) |
29 (72); buffer zone 75 (190) | 2010 | [100] | ||
Takht-e Soleyman | West Azerbaijan, 36°36′14″N 47°14′6″E |
Cultural: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) |
10 (25); buffer zone 7,438 (18,380) | 2003 | [101] | ||
Tchogha Zanbil | Khuzestan, 32°5′0″N 48°32′0″E |
Cultural: (iii)(iv) |
— | 1979 | [102] | ||
The Persian Garden | Pars, 30°10′0″N 53°10′0″E |
Cultural: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) |
716 (1,770); buffer zone 9,740 (24,100) | 2011 | including 9 selected gardens in Iran: Pasargadae, Chehel Sotoun, Fin, Eram, Shazdeh, Dolatabad, Abbasabad, Akbarieh, Pahlevanpour | [103] | |
Tyre | South Lebanon Governorate, 33°16′15″N 35°11′46″E |
Cultural: (iii)(vi) |
154 (380) | 1984 | [104] | ||
Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a) | Amman Governorate, 31°30′6″N 35°55′14″E |
Cultural: (i)(iv)(vi) |
24 (59); buffer zone 90 (220) | 2005 | [105] | ||
Upper Svaneti | Mestia District, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, 42°54′59″N 43°0′41″E |
Cultural: (iv)(v) |
1.06 (2.6); buffer zone 19 (47) | 1996 | [106] | ||
Wadi Rum Protected Area | Aqaba Governorate, 29°38′N 35°26′E |
Mixed: (iii)(v)(vii) |
74,180 (183,300); buffer zone 59,177 (146,230) | 2011 | [107] | ||
Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower | Absheron Peninsula, 40°22′0″N 49°50′0″E |
Cultural: (iv) |
22 (54) | 2000 | [108] | ||
White City of Tel-Aviv—the Modern Movement | Tel Aviv, 32°4′0″N 34°47′0″E |
Cultural: (ii)(iv) |
140 (350); buffer zone 197 (490) | 2003 | [109] | ||
Xanthos-Letoon | Muğla and Antalya Provinces, 36°20′6″N 29°19′13″E |
Cultural: (ii)(iii) |
126 (310); buffer zone 63 (160) | 1988 | [110] |
Notes
- Site proposed by Jordan. UNESCO has stated that "In line with relevant UN resolutions, East Jerusalem remains part of the occupied Palestinian territory, and the status of Jerusalem must be resolved in permanent status negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians."
- Significantly reduced in 2017 and name changed from Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery to the present name.
- Extended in 2000 to include the Sanahin Monastery and name change from Monastery of Haghpat to the present name.
- Extended in 2001 to include the church Metamorfosis tou Sotiros (Transfiguration of the Saviour) in Palaichori.
- Minor modification of the core zone and enlargement of the buffer zone in 2008.
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