List world heritage in Asia and Oceania

This article counts the Asian sites and océanien registered on the Liste of the world heritage by the committee of the world heritage of UNESCO.

General information

The registered sites located in Asia and Oceania are classified by UNESCO in several geographical areas:

the zone “Asia and Oceania” gathers the majority of the countries of this area of the world.
the Arab countries are classified in the zone “Arab States”; this zone includes/understands countries located in Africa or Asia.
the Russia and the Turkey, countries transcontinental, are classified in the zone “Europe and North America”.
Israel is registered in the zone “Europe and North America”, even if the adjoining countries all are located in the zone “Asia and Oceania”.
the Arménie, the Azerbaïdjan and the Georgia are classified in the zone “Europe and North America”; certain points of view regard them as Asian, but UNESCO did not retain this criterion.
the colony of the islands Pitcairn is attached to its metropolitan country, the the United Kingdom (zone “Europe and North America”).
Hawaii is attached to the the United States, federation of which this State forms part.

Without discussing the precise localization of all these countries, this article considers Asia and Oceania in the broad sense: there all the countries and territories mentioned are present above, except for the Arab countries obviously located in Africa. In the case of the transcontinental countries (Egypt, Russia and Turkey), all the sites are mentioned, without reference to the continent.

The titles of the sites listed in this article are those given on the site of UNESCO. The dates of inscription are indicated between brackets after the name of each site, like its possible mention on the Liste of the world heritage in danger.

List by country

Afghanistan

The Afghanistan account 2 sites:

cultural Sites:

Minaret and archaeological vestiges of Djam (2002, in danger)
cultural Landscape and archaeological vestiges of the valley of Bamiyan (2003, in danger)

Arménie

The Arménie (classified as European country by UNESCO) has 3 sites:

cultural Sites:

Cathedral and churches of Etchmiadzine and the archeological site of Zvarnotz (2000)
Monastery of Gherart and the High valley of the Azat (2000)
Monasteries of Haghbat and Sanahin (1996, 2000)

Australia

The Australia account 17 sites:

natural Sites:

Bay Shark, Western Australia (1991)
Island Fraser (1992)
Island Macquarie (1997)
Islands Heard and McDonald (1997)
Islands Lord Howe (1982)
the Large Barrier (1981)
the wet forests Gondwana of Australia (1986, 1994)
National park of Purnululu (2003)
Area of the blue mountains (2000)
fossiliferous Sites of mammals of Australia (Riversleigh/Naracoorte) (1994)
wet Tropics of Queensland (1988)

cultural Sites:

Opera of Sydney (2007)
Royal palace of the exposures and Gardens Carlton (2004)

Multivendor sites:

National park of Uluru-Kata Tjuta (1987, 1994) 2
National park of Kakadu (1981, 1987,1992)
Area of the lakes Willandra (1981)
wild Zone of nature of Tasmanie (1982, 1989)

Azerbaïdjan

The Azerbaïdjan (classified as European country by UNESCO) has 2 sites:

cultural Sites:

Quoted strengthened Bakou with the palate of the Shahs of Chirvan and the tower of the Virgin (2000, in danger)
cultural Landscape of rupestral art of Gobustan (2007)

Bahrain

The Bahrain account 1 site:

cultural Site:

Qal' At Al-Bahrain - old port and capital of Dilmun (2005)

Bangladesh

The Bangladesh account 3 sites:

natural Site:

the Sundarbans (1997)

cultural Sites:

Ruins of Buddhist Vihara of Paharpur (1985)
historical City-mosque of Bagerhat (1985)

Kampuchea

The Kampuchea account 1 site:

cultural Site:

Angkor (1992)

China

The China account 35 sites:

natural Sites:

Sanctuaries of the large panda of the Sichuan (2006)
Protected areas of the Three rivers parallel in Yunnan (2003)
Karst of China of the South (2007)
Area of panoramic and historical interest of Huanglong (1992)
Area of panoramic and historical interest of the valley of Jiuzhaigou (1992)
Area of panoramic and historical interest of Wulingyuan (1992)

cultural Sites:

Old villages of the south of the Anhui - Xidi and Hongcun (2000)
Capital and tombs of the old kingdom of Koguryo (2004)
Historical center of Macao (2005)
Diaolou and villages of Kaiping (2007)
Together of old buildings of the mountains of Wudang (1994)
historical Whole of the Palate of Potala, Lhasa (1994, 2000,2001)
Caves of Longmen (2000)
Caves of Mogao (1987)
Caves of Yungang (2001)
traditional Gardens of Suzhou (1997, 2000)
the Great wall (1987)
Mausoleum of the first emperor Qin (1987)
Mount Qingcheng and System of irrigation of Dujiangyan (2000)
Palate of Summer, imperial Garden of Beijing (1998)
Imperial palaces of the Ming dynasties and Qing with Beijing and Shenyang (1987, 2004)
National park of Lushan (1996)
Residence of mountain and temples neighbouring with Chengde (1994)
rupestral Sculptures of Dazu (1999)
Site of the man of Beijing with Zhoukoudian (1987)
Temple of the Sky, imperial sacrificial furnace bridge with Beijing (1998)
Temple and cemetery of Confucius and residence of the Kong family to Qufu (1994)
imperial Tombs of the dynasties Ming and Qing (2000, 2003,2004)
Old city of Lijiang (1997)
Old city of Ping Yao (1997)
Yin Xu (2006)

Multivendor sites:

Mount Huangshan (1990)
Mount Taishan (1987)
Mount Wuyi (1999)
panoramic Landscape of the mount Emei, including the panoramic landscape of the Great Buddha of Leshan (1996)

North Korea

The North Korea (named “democratic Popular republic of Korea” by UNESCO) account 1 site:

cultural Site:

Together of the tombs of Koguryo (2004)

South Korea

The South Korea (named “Republic of Korea” by UNESCO) account 8 sites:

natural Site:

volcanic Island and tunnels of lava of Jeju (2007)

cultural Sites:

Together of the palate of Changdeokgung (1997)
Fortress of Hwaseong (1997)
Cave of Seokguram and Temple Bulguksa (1995)
Sanctuary of Jongmyo (1995)
Sites of dolmens of Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa (2000)
Temple of Haeinsa Janggyeong Panjeon, deposits of the shelves of the Tripitaka Koreana (1995)
historical Zones of Gyeongju (2000)

Egypt

The Egypt account 7 sites, of which only one is located in the Asian part of the country:

natural Site:

Wadi Al-Hitan (the valley of the Whales) (2005, Africa)

cultural Sites:

Abou Led (1979, Africa, in danger)
historical Cairo (1979, Africa)
Memphis and its necropolis - the zones of the pyramids of Guizeh to Dahchour (1979, Africa)
Monuments of Nubie d' Abou Simbel in Philae (1979, Africa)
ancient Thèbes and its necropolis (1979, Africa)
Zone Holy-Catherine (2002)

Georgia

The Georgia (classified as European country by UNESCO) has 3 sites:

cultural Sites:

Cathedral of Bagrati and Monastery of Ghélati (1994)
High Svaneti (1996)
Historic buildings of Mtskheta (1994)

Hawaii

Hawaii, Member State of the the United States, has 1 site:

natural Site:

National park of the volcanos of Hawaii (1987)

India

The India account 27 sites:

natural Sites:

National park of Kaziranga (1985)
National park of Keoladeo (1985)
National park of Sundarbans (1987)
National parks of Nanda Devi and of the Valley of the flowers (1988, 2005)
Sanctuary of fauna of Manas (1985, in danger)

cultural Sites:

Shelters under-rock of Bhimbetka (2003)
Railroads of mountain in India (1999, 2005)
Churches and convents of Goa (1986)
Together of monuments of Mahabalipuram (1984)
Together of monuments of Pattadakal (1987)
Together of the Strong Red (2007)
Together of the Temple of Mahabodhi to Bodhgaya (2002)
Together monumental of Hampi (1986)
Together monumental of Khajuraho (1986)
Fatehpur Sikri (1986)
Extremely of Agra (1983)
Station Chhatrapati Shivaji (in the past Victoria station) (2004)
Caves of Ajanta (1983)
Caves of Elephanta (1987)
Caves of Ellorâ (1983)
the Taj Mahal (1983)
large alive temples Chola (1987, 2004)
Buddhist Monuments of Sânchî (1989)
archaeological Park of Champaner-Pavagadh (2004)
Qutb Minar and its monuments, Delhi (1993)
Temple of the Sun with Konârak (1984)
Tomb of Humayun, Delhi (1993)

Indonesia

The Indonesia account 7 sites:

natural Sites:

cultural Sites:

Together of Borobudur (1991)
Together of Prambanan (1991)
Site of the first men of Sangiran (1996)

Iraq

The Iraq (named “Iraq” by UNESCO) account 3 sites:

cultural Sites:

Assour (Qal' At Cherqat) (2003, in danger)
Hatra (1985)
archaeological City of Samarra (2007, in danger)

Iran

The Iran (named “Islamic Republic of Iran” by UNESCO) account 8 sites:

cultural Sites:

Bam and its cultural landscape (2004, 2007, in danger)
Behistun (2006)
Meidan Emam, Ispahan (1979)
Pasargades (2004)
Persépolis (1979)
Soltaniyeh (2005)
Takht-e Sulaiman (2003)
Tchoga Zanbil (1979)

Israel

Israel (classified as European country by UNESCO) has 5 sites:

cultural Sites:

Masada (2001)
Road of the Incense - Cities of the desert of the Negev (2005)
Such biblical - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer-Sheba (2005)
Old city of Acre (2001)
white City of Tel-Aviv - the modern movement (2003)

Japan

The Japan account 14 sites:

natural Sites:

Shirakami-Sanchi (1993)
Shiretoko (2005)
Yakushima (1993)

cultural Sites:

Himeji-OJ (1993)
Memorial of the peace of Hiroshima (Dome of Genbaku) (1996)
Mine of money of Iwami Ginzan and its cultural landscape (2007)
Buddhist Monuments of the area of Horyu-ji (1993)
Historic buildings of old Kyoto (towns of Kyoto, Uji and Otsu) (1994)
Historic buildings of old Nara (1998)
Sanctuary shinto of Itsukushima (1996)
Sanctuaries and temples of Nikko (1999)
Gusuku Sites and goods associated with the kingdom of Ryukyu (2000)
crowned Sites and ways of pilgrimage in the mounts Kii (2004)
historical Villages with Shirakawa-go and Gokayama (1995)

Japan also counts three inscriptions with the immaterial Cultural heritage:

the theater Nôgaku (2001)
the puppet theater Ningyo Johruri Bunraku (2003)
the theater Kabuki (2005)

Jerusalem

Jerusalem - whose international statute is not the subject of a consensus - is a site suggested by the Jordan. It is catalogued in a way separated by UNESCO, with the mention of the country having made this proposal.

Registered with the world heritage in 1981, the site is entitled “Old city of Jerusalem and its ramparts”. It is about a cultural site; in 2007, it was registered on the Liste of the world heritage in danger.

Jordan

The Jordan account 3 sites:

cultural Sites:

Pétra (1985)
Qusair Amra (1985)
Um er-Shaved (Kastrom Mefa' a) (2004)

Kazakhstan

The Kazakhstan account 2 sites:

cultural Sites:

Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmad Yasawi (2003)
Petroglyphs of the archaeological landscape of Tamgaly (2004)

Laos

The Laos (named “popular Democratic republic lao” by UNESCO) account 2 sites:

cultural Sites:

Vat Phou and old establishments associated with the cultural landscape of Champassak (2001)
Town of Luang Prabang (1995)

Lebanon

The Lebanon account 5 sites:

cultural Sites:

Anjar (1984)
Baalbek (1984)
Byblos (1984)
Ouadi Qadisha or holy Valley and forest of the cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab) (1998)
Tyr (1984)

Malaysia

The Malaysia account 2 sites:

natural Sites:

Park of Kinabalu (2000)
National park of Gunung Mulu (2000)

Mongolia

The Mongolia account 2 sites:

natural Site:

Basin of Ubs Nuur (2003, site transfontalier divided with the Russia)

cultural Site:

cultural Landscape of the valley of the Orkhon (2004)

Nepal

The Nepal account 4 sites:

natural Sites:

National park of Royal Chitwan (1984)
National park of Sagarmatha (1979)

cultural Sites:

Lumbini, birthplace of the Buddha (1997)
Valley of Kathmandu (1979, 2006)

New Zealand

The New Zealand account 3 sites:

natural Sites:

sub-antarctic Islands of New Zealand (1998)
Te Wahipounamu - south-western zone of New Zealand (1990)

Multivendor site:

National park of Tongariro (1990, 1993)

Oman

Oman account 5 sites:

natural Site:

Sanctuary of the Arab oryx (1994) withdrawn of the list in 2007

cultural Sites:

Fort of Bahla (1987)
Archeological sites of Beats, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn (1988)
Systèmes of irrigation aflaj of Oman (2006)
Ground of the incense (2000)

Ouzbékistan

The Ouzbékistan account 4 sites:

cultural Sites:

Historical center of Bukhara (1993)
Historical center of Shakhrisyabz (2000)
Itchan Kala (1990)
Samarkand - crossroads of cultures (2001)

Pakistan

The Pakistan account 6 sites:

cultural Sites:

Extremely of Rohtas (1997)
Extremely and gardens of Shalimar to Lahore (1981, in danger)
Historic buildings of Thatta (1981)
archaeological Ruins of Mohenjo Daro (1980)
Buddhist Ruins of Takht-i-Bahi and vestiges of Sahr-i-Bahlol (1980)
Taxila (1980)

Philippines

The Filipino count 5 sites:

natural Sites:

marine Park of the reef of Tubbataha (1993)
National park of the underground river of Puerto Princesa (1999)

cultural Sites:

Churches baroques of Philippines (1993)
Rice plantations in terraces of the cordilleras of Philippines (1995, in danger)
historical City of Vigan (1999)

Pitcairn

The islands Pitcairn are a colony of the the United Kingdom located in the Pacific Ocean. It counts a registered site, classified as the remainder of the the United Kingdom in the zone “North America and Europe”:

natural Site:

Island of Henderson (1988)

Russia

The Russia (indicated by UNESCO under the name of “Federation of Russia” and classified in the zone Europe including for the sites located in the Asian part of the country) account 23 sites:

natural Sites:

Basin of Ubs Nuur (2003, site transfontallier divided with the Mongolia)
the Caucasus of the West (1999)
Virgin forests of Komi (1995)
Lake Baïkal (1996)
Mountains gilded of Altaï (1998)
Sikhote-Aline exchange (2001)
natural System of the Reserve of the island Wrangel (2004)
Volcanos of Kamchatka (1996, 2001)

cultural Sites:

geodetic Arc of Struve (2005, site transfontalier common to Bielorussia, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldavie, Norway, Romania, Russia, Sweden and Ukraine)
Historical center of the town of Yaroslavl (2005)
Historical center of additional Saint-Pétersbourg and monumental units]] (1990, include/understand the sites of Peterhof and Pavlovsk)
Citadelle, old city and fortress of Derbent (2003)
Église of the Rise with Kolomenskoye (1994)
Together architectural of laure of the Trinity-Saint-Serge with Serguiev Posad (1993)
Together of the convent Novodievitchi (2004)
Together of the monastery of Ferapontov (2000)
historical and architectural Whole of the Kremlin de Kazan (2000)
historical, cultural Unit and naturalness of the islands Solovetsky (1992)
Isthmus of Courlande (2000, site transfontalier divided with the Lithuania)
Kizhi Pogost (1990)
the the Kremlin and the Red Place, Moscow (1990)
Monuments of Vladimir and of Souzdal (1992)
Historic buildings of Novgorod and its surroundings (1992)

Solomon

The the Solomon Islands count 1 site:

natural Site:

Rennell Is (1998)

Sri Lanka

The Sri Lanka account 7 sites:

natural Site:

forest Reserve of Sinharaja (1988)

cultural Sites:

Quoted historical of Polonnaruwa (1982)
Temple of Gold of Dambulla (1991)
Old city of Galle and his fortifications (1988)
old City of Sigiriya (1982)
City crowned of Kandy (1988)
Holy City of Anuradhapura (1982)

Syria

The Syria (named “Syrian Arab Republic” by UNESCO) account 5 sites:

cultural Sites:

Old town of Alep (1986)
Old town of Bosra (1980)
Old town of Damas (1979)
Crac of the Knights and Qal' At Salah El-DIN (2006)
Site of Palmyre (1980)

Thailand

The Thailand account 5 sites:

natural Sites:

Complex forester of Dong Phayayen - Khao Yai (2005)
Sanctuaries of fauna of Thung Yai - Hooted Kha Khaeng (1991)

cultural Sites:

Archeological site of Round of applause Chiang (1992)
historical City of Sukhothai and historical cities associated (1991)
historical City with Ayutthaya (1991)

Turkménistan

The Turkménistan account 3 sites:

cultural Sites:

Fortresses parthes of Nisa (2007)
Kunya-Urgench (2005)
historical and cultural National park of the “Old Merv” (1999)

Turkey

The Turkey (classified in the zone Europe including for the sites located in the Asian part of the country) account 9 sites:

cultural Sites:

Large mosque and hospital of Divrigi (1985)
Hattousa: the capital hittite (1986)
Nemrut Dag (1987)
Archeological site of Troy (1998)
Town of Safranbolu (1994)
Xanthos - Letoon (1988)
historical Zones of Istanbul (1985)

Multivendor sites:

Hierapoli - Pamukkale (1988)
National park of Göreme and rupestral sites of Cappadoce (1985)

Vietnam

The Vietnam account 5 sites:

natural Sites:

Bay Ha-Length (1994, 2000)
National park of Phong Nha-Ke Bang (2003)

cultural Sites:

Together of monuments of Huê (1993)
Sanctuary Semi-sön (1999)
Old city of Hoi Year (1999)

Yemen

The Yemen account 3 sites:

cultural Sites:

Old town of Shibam and its enclosing wall (1982)
Old city of Sana' has (1986)
historical Ville of Zabid (1993, in danger)

See too

Internal bonds

United Nations for education, science and the culture
List of the world heritage
localized Lists:

List of the world heritage in Africa
List of the world heritage in America
List of the world heritage in Europe

External bonds

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