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List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Definition and Overview

This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Asia, Australia and the Pacific.

Contents

1 See also
2 External links

Afghanistan

  • Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam by the Hari Rud
  • Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley

Armenia

Australia

Azerbaijan

  • Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower

Bangladesh

  • Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat
  • Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur
  • The Sundarbans

Cambodia

China

Georgia

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Japan

Jerusalem

(The Old City of Jerusalem is within East Jerusalem, which has been under Israeli control since 1967, but is not recognized as Israeli territory by the UN and many countries. The site was proposed as a World Heritage site in 1981 by Jordan, which withdrew its claims to the city in 1988.)

Jordan

  • Petra
  • Quseir Amra
  • Um er-Rasas (Kastron Mefa'a)

Kazakhstan

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

Korea, Republic of

Lao People's Democratic Republic

  • Town of Luang Phrabang
  • Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape

Lebanon

  • Anjar
  • Baalbek
  • Byblos
  • Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab)
  • Tyre

Malaysia

  • Gunung Mulu National Park
  • Kinabalu Park

Mongolia

  • Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape

Mongolia / Russian Federation

  • Uvs Nuur Basin

Nepal

New Zealand

Oman

  • Arabian Oryx Sanctuary
  • Archaeological sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn
  • Bahla Fort
  • The Frankincense Trail

Pakistan

Philippines

Pitcairn Islands

Solomon Islands

  • East Rennell

Sri Lanka

Syria

Thailand

  • Ban Chiang Archaeological Site
  • Historic City of Ayutthaya and Associated Historic Towns
  • Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns - this includes the Kampang Phet historical park and the Si Satchanalai historical park
  • Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries

Turkey

Turkmenistan

  • State Historical and Cultural Park "Ancient Merv"

Uzbekistan

  • Historic Centre of Bukhara
  • Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz
  • Itchan Kala
  • Samarkand - Crossroads of Cultures

Vietnam

Yemen

  • Historic Town of Zabid
  • Old City of Sana'a
  • Old Walled City of Shibam

See also

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