List of World Heritage Sites in the Arab States

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.

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]
	Kasbah 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]
	The Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls	IrqJerusalem	Cultural:JerOld (ii)(iii)(vi)	—	—	1985	[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	MorMeknès-Tafilalet,  Morocco	Cultural:MorArc (ii)(iii)(iv)(vi)	42	100	1997	[40]
	Historic City of Meknes	MorMeknès-Tafilalet,  Morocco	Cultural:MorHis (iv)	—	—	1996	[41]
	Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou	MorSouss-Massa-Drâa,  Morocco	Cultural:MorKsa (iv)(v)	3	7.4	1987	[42]
	Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador)	MorMarrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz,  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-Tensift-El Haouz,  Morocco	Cultural:MorMedinaofMarra (i)(ii)(iv)(v)	1,107	2,740	1985	[45]
	Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin)	MorTangier-Tetouan,  Morocco	Cultural:MorMedinaofTet (ii)(iv)(v)	7	17	1997	[46]
	Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida)	MorDoukkala-Abda,  Morocco	Cultural:MorPor (ii)(iv)	8	20	2004	[47]
—	Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman	OmnSharqiyah and Batinah Regions,  Oman	Cultural:OmnAfl (v)	1,456	3,600	2006	[48]
—	Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn	OmnAd Dhahirah Region,  Oman	Cultural:OmnArc (iii)(iv)	—	—	1988	[49]
	Bahla Fort	OmnAd Dakhiliyah Region,  Oman	Cultural:OmnBah (iv)	—	—	1987	[50]
—	Land of Frankincense	OmnDhofar Governorate,  Oman	Cultural:OmnArc (iii)(iv)	850	2,100	2000	[51]
	Church of the Nativity	SauBethlehem,  Palestine	Cultural:SauAlh (ii)(iii)	1,621	4,010	2012
	Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih)	SauAl Madinah Province,  Saudi Arabia	Cultural:SauAlh (ii)(iii)	1,621	4,010	2008	[52]
	At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah	SauRiyadh Province,  Saudi Arabia	Cultural:SauAtt (ii)(iii)	29	72	2008	[53]
	Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe	SdnRiver Nile State,  Sudan	Cultural:SdnArc (ii)(iii)(iv)(v)	2,357	5,820	2011	[54]
	Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region	SdnNorthern State,  Sudan	Cultural:SdnGeb (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi)	183	450	2003	[55]
	Ancient City of Aleppo	SyrAleppo Governorate,  Syria	Cultural:SyrAnc (iii)(iv)	350	860	1986	[56]
	Ancient City of Bosra	SyrDaraa Governorate,  Syria	Cultural:SyrAnc (i)(iii)(vi)	—	—	1980	[57]
	Ancient City of Damascus	SyrDamascus Governorate,  Syria	Cultural:SyrAnc (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi)	86	210	1979	[58]
	Ancient Villages of Northern Syria	Syr Syria	Cultural:SyrAnc (iii)(iv)(v)	12,290	30,400	2011	[59]
	Crac des Chevaliers and Qal'at Salah El-Din	SyrHoms and Latakia Governorates,  Syria	Cultural:SyrCra (ii)(iv)	9	22	2006	[60]
	Site of Palmyra	SyrHoms Governorate,  Syria	Cultural:SyrAnc (i)(ii)(iv)	0.36	0.89	1980	[61]
	Archaeological Site of Carthage	TunTunis Governorate,  Tunisia	Cultural:TunArc (ii)(iii)(vi)	—	—	1979	[62]
	Dougga / Thugga	TunBeBéja Governorate,  Tunisia	Cultural:TunDou (ii)(iii)	70	170	1997	[63]
	Amphitheatre of El Jem	TunMahdia Governorate,  Tunisia	Cultural:TunEld (iv)(vi)	1.37	3.4	1979	[64]
	Ichkeul National Park	TunBiBizerte Governorate,  Tunisia	Natural:TunIch (x)	12,600	31,000	1980	[65]
	Kairouan	TunKairouan Governorate,  Tunisia	Cultural:TunKai (i)(ii)(iii)(v)(vi)	68	170	1988	[66]
	Medina of Sousse	TunSousse Governorate,  Tunisia	Cultural:TunMedinaofSou (iii)(iv)(v)	32	79	1988	[67]
	Medina of Tunis	TunTunis Governorate,  Tunisia	Cultural:TunMedinaofTun (ii)(iii)(v)	296	730	1979	[68]
	Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis	TunNabeul Governorate,  Tunisia	Cultural:TunPun (iii)	—	—	1985	[69]
	Historic Town of Zabid	YemAl Hudaydah Governorate,  Yemen	Cultural:YemHis (iii)	—	—	1993	[70]
	Old City of Sana'a	YemSana'a Governorate,  Yemen	Cultural:YemOld (iv)(v)(vi)	—	—	1986	[71]
	Old Walled City of Shibam	YemHadhramaut Governorate,  Yemen	Cultural:YemOld (iii)(iv)(v)	—	—	1982	[72]
	Socotra Archipelago	YemHadhramaut Governorate,  Yemen	Natural:YemSoc (x)	410,460	1,014,300	2008	[73]

See also

• List of World Heritage Sites in Africa
• List of World Heritage Sites in Western Asia

References

External links

• UNESCO World Heritage Centre - Official site
• List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites - Official site
• VRheritage.org - documentation of World Heritage Sites
• Worldheritage-Forum - Information and Weblog on World Heritage Issues

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