List of World Heritage Sites in Bangladesh
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This is a list of World Heritage Sites in Bangladesh with properties of cultural and natural heritage in Bangladesh as inscribed in UNESCO's World Heritage List or as on the country's tentative list.
World Heritage Sites
The table is sortable by column by clicking on the at the top of the appropriate column; alphanumerically for the Site, Area, and Year columns; by state party for the Location column; and by criteria type for the Criteria column. Transborder sites sort at the bottom.
- Site; named after the World Heritage Committee's official designation[1]
- Location; at city, regional, or provincial level and geocoordinates
- Criteria; as defined by the World Heritage Committee[2]
- 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
Site | Image | Location | Criteria | Area ha (acre) |
Year | Description | Refs |
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Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat | |
Bagerhat District, Khulna Division 22°40′0″N 89°48′0″E / 22.66667°N 89.80000°E |
Cultural: (iv) |
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1985 | [3] | |
Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur | |
Naogaon District, Rajshahi Division 25°2′0″N 88°59′0″E / 25.03333°N 88.98333°E |
Cultural: (i), (ii), (vi) |
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1985 | [4] | |
The Sundarbans | |
Khulna Division 21°57′0″N 89°11′0″E / 21.95000°N 89.18333°E |
Natural: (ix), (x) |
139,500 (345,000) | 1997 | [5] |
See also
References
- ↑ "World Heritage List". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
- ↑ "The Criteria for Selection". UNESCO. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ↑ "Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
- ↑ "Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
- ↑ "The Sundarbans". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
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