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This is a list of World Heritage Sites in the Arab States.[1] Some of these countries are geographically located in Asia and some in Africa.

List

The list below contains an image of the site or part of the site; the name as inscribed by UNESCO; the location; the nominating state party; the criteria met by the site, including if it is a cultural, natural or mixed; the area in hectares and acres, excluding any buffer zones, with a value of zero implying that no data is published by UNESCO; the year the site was inscribed; and a description of the site.

  † In danger
Image Site Location Criteria Area
(ha)		 Area
(acre)		 Year Description
Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad AlgeriaM'Sila Province,
 Algeria		 Cultural:AlgAlq
(iii)		 150 370 1980 [2]
Djémila AlgeriaSétif Province,
 Algeria		 Cultural:AlgDje
(iii)(iv)		 31 77 1982 [3]
Casbah of Algiers AlgeriaAlgiers Province,
 Algeria		 Cultural:AlgKas
(ii)(v)		 50 120 1982 [4]
M'zab Valley AlgeriaGhardaïa Province,
 Algeria		 Cultural:AlgMzb
(ii)(iii)(v)		 4,000 9,900 1982 [5]
Tassili n'Ajjer AlgeriaIllizi Province and Tamanrasset Province,
 Algeria		 Mixed:AlgTas
(i)(iii)(vii)(viii)		 7,200,000 18,000,000 1982 [6]
Timgad AlgeriaBatna Province,
 Algeria		 Cultural:AlgTim
(ii)(iii)(iv)		 91 220 1982 [7]
Tipaza AlgeriaTipaza Province,
 Algeria		 Cultural:AlgTip
(iii)(iv)		 52 130 1982 [8]
Qal'at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun BahrainNorthern Governorate,
 Bahrain		 Cultural:BahQal
(ii)(iii)(iv)		 32 79 2005 [9]
Bahrain Pearling Trail – Pearling, testimony of an island economy BahrainMuharraq,
 Bahrain		 Cultural:BahQal
(iii)		 35,087 86,700 2012 [10][11]
Abu Mena EgyptAlexandria Governorate,
 Egypt		 Cultural:EgyAbu
(iv)		 183 450 1979 [12]
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis EgyptLuxor Governorate,
 Egypt		 Cultural:EgyAnc
(i)(iii)(vi)		 7,390 18,300 1979 [13]
Historic Cairo EgyptCairo Governorate,
 Egypt		 Cultural:EgyHis
(i)(v)(vi)		 524 1,290 1979 [14]
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur EgyGiza Governorate,
 Egypt		 Cultural:EgyMem
(i)(iii)(vi)		 16,359 40,420 1979 [15]
Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae EgyAswan Governorate,
 Egypt		 Cultural:EgyNub
(i)(iii)(vi)		 374 920 1979 [16]
Saint Catherine Area EgySouth Sinai Governorate,
 Egypt		 Cultural:EgySai
(i)(iii)(iv)(vi)		 60,100 149,000 2002 [17]
Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) EgyFaiyum Governorate,
 Egypt		 Natural:EgyWad
(viii)		 20,015 49,460 2005 [18]
Erbil Citadel IrqArbil Governorate,
 Kurdistan,  Iraq		 Cultural:IrqErb
(iv)		 16 40 2014 [19]
Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) IrqSalah ad Din Governorate,
 Iraq		 Cultural:IrqAss
(iii)(iv)		 70 170 2003 [20]
Hatra IrqNinawa Governorate,
 Iraq		 Cultural:IrqHat
(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi)		 324 800 1985 [21]
Samarra Archaeological City IrqSalah ad Din Governorate,
 Iraq		 Cultural:IrqSam
(ii)(iii)(iv)		 15,058 37,210 1985 [22]
Actual baptism site. Al-Maghtas (Baptism site) Jordan River,  Jordan
31°50′13″N 35°32′50″E / 31.83694°N 35.54722°E / 31.83694; 35.54722

Cultural:
(iii)(vi) 		294 (730); buffer zone 957 (2,360) 2015 [23]
Petra JorMa'an Governorate,
 Jordan		 Cultural:JorPet
(i)(iii)(iv)		 — — 1985 [24]
Qasr Amra JorZarqa Governorate,
 Jordan		 Cultural:JorQas
(i)(iii)(iv)		 — — 1985 [25]
Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a) JorMadaba Governorate,
 Jordan		 Cultural:JorUme
(i)(iv)(vi)		 24 59 2005 [26]
Wadi Rum Protected Area JorAqaba Governorate,
 Jordan		 Mixed:JorWad
(iii)(v)(vii)		 74,180 183,300 2005 [27]
Anjar LbnBeqaa Governorate,
 Lebanon		 Cultural:LbnAnj
(iii)(iv)		 — — 1984 [28]
Baalbek LbnBeqaa Governorate,
 Lebanon		 Cultural:LbnBal
(i)(iv)		 — — 1984 [29]
Byblos LbnMount Lebanon Governorate,
 Lebanon		 Cultural:LbnByb
(iii)(iv)(vi)		 — — 1984 [30]
Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab) LbnNorth Lebanon Governorate,
 Lebanon		 Cultural:LbnOua
(iii)(iv)		 — — 1998 [31]
Tyre LbnSouth Lebanon Governorate,
 Lebanon		 Cultural:LbnTyr
(iii)(vi)		 154 380 1984 [32]
Archaeological Site of Cyrene LibJabal al Akhdar,
 Libya		 Cultural:LibArc
(ii)(iii)(vi)		 — — 1982 [33]
Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna LibKhoms,
 Libya		 Cultural:LibArc
(i)(ii)(iii)		 — — 1982 [34]
Archaeological Site of Sabratha LibZawiya District,
 Libya		 Cultural:LibArc
(iii)		 — — 1982 A[35]
Old Town of Ghadamès LibNalut District,
 Libya		 Cultural:LibGha
(v)		 — — 1986 [36]
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus LibFezzan,
 Libya		 Cultural:LibRoc
(iii)		 — — 1985 [37]
Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata MauritaniaOuadane,
Chinguetti,
Tichitt,
and Oualata,
 Mauritania		 Cultural:MauAnc
(iii)(iv)(v)		 — — 1996 [38]
Banc d'Arguin National Park MauritaniaNouadhibou
and Azefal,
 Mauritania		 Natural:MauBan
(ix)(x)		 1,200,000 3,000,000 1989 [39]
Archaeological Site of Volubilis MorFès-Meknès,
 Morocco		 Cultural:MorArc
(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi)		 42 100 1997 [40]
Historic City of Meknes MorFès-Meknès,
 Morocco		 Cultural:MorHis
(iv)		 — — 1996 [41]
Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou MorDrâa-Tifalalet,
 Morocco		 Cultural:MorKsa
(iv)(v)		 3 7.4 1987 [42]
Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador) MorMarrakesh-Safi,
 Morocco		 Cultural:MorEss
(ii)(iv)		 30 74 2001 [43]
Medina of Fez MorFez,
 Morocco		 Cultural:MorMedinaofFez
(ii)(v)		 280 690 1981 [44]
Medina of Marrakesh MorMarrakesh-Safi,
 Morocco		 Cultural:MorMedinaofMarra
(i)(ii)(iv)(v)		 1,107 2,740 1985 [45]
Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin) MorTanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima,
 Morocco		 Cultural:MorMedinaofTet
(ii)(iv)(v)		 7 17 1997 [46]
Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared Heritage Rabat,  Morocco Cultural:(ii)(iv) 349 2012 [47]
Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida) MorCasablanca-Settat,
 Morocco		 Cultural:MorPor
(ii)(iv)		 8 20 2004 [48]
Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman OmnSharqiyah and Batinah Regions,
 Oman		 Cultural:OmnAfl
(v)		 1,456 3,600 2006 [49]
Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn OmnAd Dhahirah Region,
 Oman		 Cultural:OmnArc
(iii)(iv)		 — — 1988 [50]
Bahla Fort OmnAd Dakhiliyah Region,
 Oman		 Cultural:OmnBah
(iv)		 — — 1987 [51]
Land of Frankincense OmnDhofar Governorate,
 Oman		 Cultural:OmnArc
(iii)(iv)		 850 2,100 2000 [52]
The Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls IrqJerusalem Cultural:JerOld
(ii)(iii)(vi)		 — — 1981 [53]
Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem SauBethlehem,
 Palestine		 Cultural:SauAlh
(ii)(iii)		 2.98 7.4 2012
Batir.JPG. Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines — Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir SauBattir,
 Palestine		 Cultural:SauAlh
(iv)(v)		 349 860 2014
Al Zubarah Archaeological Site SauMadinat ash Shamal,
 Qatar		 Cultural:SauAlh
(iii)(iv)(v)		 416 1,030 2013 [54]
File:Thamudi.jpg Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih) SauAl Madinah Province,
 Saudi Arabia		 Cultural:SauAlh
(ii)(iii)		 1,621 4,010 2008 [55]
At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah SauRiyadh Province,
 Saudi Arabia		 Cultural:SauAtt
(ii)(iii)		 29 72 2008 [56]
Al-Balad, Jeddah SauMakkah Region,
 Saudi Arabia		 Cultural:SauAtt
(ii)(iv)(vi)		 18 44 2014 [57]
Rock Art in the Ha'il Region SauHa'il Region,
 Saudi Arabia		 Cultural:SauAtt
(i)(iii)		 2,044 5,050 2015 [58]
Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe SdnRiver Nile State,
 Sudan		 Cultural:SdnArc
(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)		 2,357 5,820 2011 [59]
Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region SdnNorthern State,
 Sudan		 Cultural:SdnGeb
(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi)		 183 450 2003 [60]
Ancient City of Aleppo SyrAleppo Governorate,
 Syria		 Cultural:SyrAnc
(iii)(iv)		 350 860 1986 [61]
Ancient City of Bosra SyrDaraa Governorate,
 Syria		 Cultural:SyrAnc
(i)(iii)(vi)		 — — 1980 [62]
Ancient City of Damascus SyrDamascus Governorate,
 Syria		 Cultural:SyrAnc
(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi)		 86 210 1979 [63]
Ancient Villages of Northern Syria Syr Syria Cultural:SyrAnc
(iii)(iv)(v)		 12,290 30,400 2011 [64]
Crac des Chevaliers and Qal'at Salah El-Din SyrHoms and Latakia Governorates,
 Syria		 Cultural:SyrCra
(ii)(iv)		 9 22 2006 [65]
Site of Palmyra SyrHoms Governorate,
 Syria		 Cultural:SyrAnc
(i)(ii)(iv)		 0.36 0.89 1980 [66]
Archaeological Site of Carthage TunTunis Governorate,
 Tunisia		 Cultural:TunArc
(ii)(iii)(vi)		 616 1,520 1979 [67]
Dougga / Thugga TunBeBéja Governorate,
 Tunisia		 Cultural:TunDou
(ii)(iii)		 70 170 1997 [68]
Amphitheatre of El Jem TunMahdia Governorate,
 Tunisia		 Cultural:TunEld
(iv)(vi)		 1.37 3.4 1979 [69]
Ichkeul National Park TunBiBizerte Governorate,
 Tunisia		 Natural:TunIch
(x)		 12,600 31,000 1980 [70]
Kairouan TunKairouan Governorate,
 Tunisia		 Cultural:TunKai
(i)(ii)(iii)(v)(vi)		 68 170 1988 [71]
Medina of Sousse TunSousse Governorate,
 Tunisia		 Cultural:TunMedinaofSou
(iii)(iv)(v)		 32 79 1988 [72]
Medina of Tunis TunTunis Governorate,
 Tunisia		 Cultural:TunMedinaofTun
(ii)(iii)(v)		 296 730 1979 [73]
Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis TunNabeul Governorate,
 Tunisia		 Cultural:TunPun
(iii)		 — — 1985 [74]
Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas) Al Ain, Abu Dhabi,  United Arab Emirates Cultural: (iii)(iv)(v) 4,945 2011 [75]
Historic Town of Zabid YemAl Hudaydah Governorate,
 Yemen		 Cultural:YemHis
(iii)		 — — 1993 [76]
Old City of Sana'a YemSana'a Governorate,
 Yemen		 Cultural:YemOld
(iv)(v)(vi)		 — — 1986 [77]
Old Walled City of Shibam YemHadhramaut Governorate,
 Yemen		 Cultural:YemOld
(iii)(iv)(v)		 — — 1982 [78]
Socotra Archipelago YemHadhramaut Governorate,
 Yemen		 Natural:YemSoc
(x)		 410,460 1,014,300 2008 [79]

See also

References

  1. ^ World Heritage Centre - World Heritage List
  2. ^ "Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Djémila". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Kasbah of Algiers". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  5. ^ "M'zab Valley". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  6. ^ "Tassili n'Ajjer". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  7. ^ "Timgad". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  8. ^ "Tipaza". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  9. ^ "Qal'at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  10. ^ "Pearl Diving in Bahrain". USAToday. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  11. ^ "UNESCO World Heritage Site Profile". UNESCO. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  12. ^ "Abu Mena". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  13. ^ "Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  14. ^ "Historic Cairo". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  15. ^ "Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  16. ^ "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  17. ^ "Saint Catherine Area". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  18. ^ "Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  19. ^ "Erbil Citadel". UNESCO. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  20. ^ "Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat)". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  21. ^ "Hatra". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  22. ^ "Samarra Archaeological City". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  23. ^ "Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" (Al-Maghtas)". UNESCO. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
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  25. ^ "Qasr Amra". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  26. ^ "Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a)". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  27. ^ "Wadi Rum Protected Area". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  28. ^ "Anjar". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  29. ^ "Baalbek". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  30. ^ "Baalbek". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  31. ^ "Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab)". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  32. ^ "Tyre". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  33. ^ "Archaeological Site of Cyrene". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  34. ^ "Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  35. ^ "Archaeological Site of Sabratha". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  36. ^ "Old Town of Ghadamès". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  37. ^ "Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  38. ^ "Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  39. ^ "Banc d'Arguin National Park". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  40. ^ "Archaeological Site of Volubilis". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  41. ^ "Historic City of Meknes". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  42. ^ "Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  43. ^ "Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador)". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  44. ^ "Medina of Fez". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  45. ^ "Medina of Marrakesh". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  46. ^ "Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin)". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
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  48. ^ "Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida)". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  49. ^ "Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  50. ^ "Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  51. ^ "Bahla Fort". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  52. ^ "Land of Frankincense". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  53. ^ "Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  54. ^ "Al Zubarah Archaeological Site". UNESCO. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  55. ^ "Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih)". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  56. ^ "At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  57. ^ "Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah". UNESCO. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  58. ^ "Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia". UNESCO. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  59. ^ "Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  60. ^ "Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  61. ^ "Ancient City of Aleppo". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  62. ^ "Ancient City of Bosra". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  63. ^ "Ancient City of Damascus". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  64. ^ "Ancient Villages of Northern Syria". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  65. ^ "Crac des Chevaliers and Qal'at Salah El-Din". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  66. ^ "Site of Palmyra". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  67. ^ "Archaeological Site of Carthage". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  68. ^ "Dougga / Thugga". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  69. ^ "Amphitheatre of El Jem". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  70. ^ "Ichkeul National Park". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  71. ^ "Kairouan". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  72. ^ "Medina of Sousse". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  73. ^ "Medina of Tunis". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  74. ^ "Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  75. ^ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas) - UNESCO World Heritage Centre". whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  76. ^ "Historic Town of Zabid". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  77. ^ "Old City of Sana'a". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  78. ^ "Old Walled City of Shibam". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  79. ^ "Socotra Archipelago". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
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