Table of World Heritage Sites by country Information & Table of World Heritage Sites by country Links at HealthHaven.com

As of 2009, there are a total of 890^[1] World Heritage Sites located in 148 "state parties".^[2] Of the 890 sites, 689 are cultural, 176 are natural and 25 are mixed properties. The countries have been divided by the World Heritage Committee into five geographic zones: Africa, Arab States, Asia-Pacific, Europe & North America, and Latin America & the Caribbean.

[edit] Countries with 10 or more World Heritage Sites

Italy, with its 44 sites, has the highest number of World Heritage Sites.

Key: Latin America and Caribean (green), Middle East (grey), Asia-Pacific (blue), Europe (red) and North America (dark red)

[edit] Sites distribution

Map showing the distribution of all World Heritage Sites.	Map showing the distribution of Natural Heritage Sites.
Map showing the distribution of Cultural Heritage Sites.	Map showing the distribution of Mixed Heritage Sites.

Note: The maps above are current as of 2009. Sites that involved several countries have been distributed among the concerned countries, and have therefore been counted multiple times.

Country	Natural sites	Cultural sites	Mixed sites	Total sites	Geographic zone
Afghanistan		2		2	Asia-Pacific
Albania		2		2	Europe & North America
Algeria		6	1	7	Arab States
Andorra		1		1	Europe & North America
Argentina	4	3		7	Latin America & the Caribbean
Argentina & Brazil		1		1	Latin America & the Caribbean
Armenia		3		3	Europe & North America
Australia	11	2	4	17	Asia-Pacific
Austria		7		7	Europe & North America
Austria & Hungary		1		1	Europe & North America
Azerbaijan		2		2	Europe & North America
Bahrain		1		1	Arab States
Bangladesh	1	2		3	Asia-Pacific
Belarus		2		2	Europe & North America
Belarus & Poland	1			1	Europe & North America
Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Moldova, Russia, Sweden & Ukraine		1		1	Europe & North America
Belgium		8		8	Europe & North America
Belgium & France		1		1	Europe & North America
Belize	1			1	Latin America & the Caribbean
Benin		1		1	Africa
Bolivia	1	5		6	Latin America & the Caribbean
Bosnia and Herzegovina		2		2	Europe & North America
Botswana		1		1	Africa
Brazil	7	9		16	Latin America & the Caribbean
Bulgaria	2	7		9	Europe & North America
Cambodia		2		2	Asia-Pacific
Cameroon	1			1	Africa
Canada	6	6		12	Europe & North America
Canada & United States	2			2	Europe & North America
Central African Republic	1			1	Africa
Chile		5		5	Latin America & the Caribbean
China	7	27	4	38	Asia-Pacific
Colombia	2	4		6	Latin America & the Caribbean
Costa Rica	2			2	Latin America & the Caribbean
Costa Rica & Panama	1			1	Latin America & the Caribbean
Côte d'Ivoire	2			2	Africa
Croatia	1	6		7	Europe & North America
Cuba	2	6		8	Latin America & the Caribbean
Cyprus		3		3	Europe & North America
Czech Republic		12		12	Europe & North America
Democratic People's Republic of Korea		1		1	Asia-Pacific
Democratic Republic of the Congo	5			5	Africa
Denmark	1	3		4	Europe & North America
Dominica	1			1	Latin America & the Caribbean
Dominican Republic		1		1	Latin America & the Caribbean
Ecuador	2	2		4	Latin America & the Caribbean
Egypt	1	6		7	Arab States
El Salvador		1		1	Latin America & the Caribbean
Estonia		1		1	Europe & North America
Ethiopia	1	7		8	Africa
Finland		5		5	Europe & North America
France	2	30	1	33	Europe & North America
France & Spain			1	1	Europe & North America
Gabon			1	1	Africa
Gambia		1		1	Africa
Gambia & Senegal		1		1	Africa
Georgia (country)		3		3	Europe & North America
Germany	1	29		30	Europe & North America
Germany & Poland		1		1	Europe & North America
Germany & United Kingdom		1		1	Europe & North America
Ghana		2		2	Africa
Greece		15	2	17	Europe & North America
Guatemala		2	1	3	Latin America & the Caribbean
Guinea & Côte d'Ivoire	1			1	Africa
Haiti		1		1	Latin America & the Caribbean
Holy See		1		1	Europe & North America
Honduras	1	1		2	Latin America & the Caribbean
Hungary		6		6	Europe & North America
Hungary & Slovakia	1			1	Europe & North America
Iceland	1	1		2	Europe & North America
India	5	22		27	Asia-Pacific
Indonesia	4	3		7	Asia-Pacific
Iran (Islamic Republic of)		9		9	Asia-Pacific
Iraq		3		3	Arab States
Republic of Ireland		2		2	Europe & North America
Israel		6		6	Europe & North America
Italy	2	42		44	Europe & North America
Italy & Holy See		1		1	Europe & North America
Japan	3	11		14	Asia-Pacific
Jordan		3		3	Arab States
Kazakhstan		2		2	Asia-Pacific
Kenya	2	1		3	Africa
Laos		2		2	Asia-Pacific
Latvia		1		1	Europe & North America
Lebanon		5		5	Arab States
Libya		5		5	Arab States
Lithuania		2		2	Europe & North America
Lithuania & Russia		1		1	Europe & North America
Luxembourg		1		1	Europe & North America
Madagascar	2	1		3	Africa
Malawi	1	1		2	Africa
Malaysia	2	1		3	Asia-Pacific
Mali		3	1	4	Africa
Malta		3		3	Europe & North America
Mauritania	1	1		2	Arab States
Mauritius		1		1	Africa
Mexico	3	24		27	Latin America & the Caribbean
Mongolia		1		1	Asia-Pacific
Mongolia & Russia	1			1	Europe & North America
Montenegro	1	1		2	Europe & North America
Morocco		8		8	Arab States
Mozambique		1		1	Africa
Namibia		1		1	Africa
Nepal	2	2		4	Asia-Pacific
Netherlands		7		7	Europe & North America
New Zealand	2		1	3	Asia-Pacific
Nicaragua		1		1	Latin America & the Caribbean
Niger	2			2	Africa
Nigeria		2		2	Africa
Norway	1	5		6	Europe & North America
Oman		4		4	Arab States
Pakistan		6		6	Asia-Pacific
Panama	2	2		4	Latin America & the Caribbean
Papua New Guinea		1		1	Asia-Pacific
Paraguay		1		1	Latin America & the Caribbean
Peru	2	6	2	10	Latin America & the Caribbean
Philippines	2	3		5	Asia-Pacific
Poland	1	12		13	Europe & North America
Portugal	1	12		13	Europe & North America
Republic of Korea	1	8		9	Asia-Pacific
Romania	1	6		7	Europe & North America
Russian Federation	7	13		20	Europe & North America
Saint Kitts and Nevis		1		1	Latin America & the Caribbean
Saint Lucia	1			1	Latin America & the Caribbean
San Marino		1		1	Europe
Saudi Arabia		1		1	Arab States
Senegal	2	2		4	Africa
Serbia		4		4	Europe & North America
Seychelles	2			2	Africa
Slovakia		4		4	Europe & North America
Slovakia & Ukraine	1			1	Europe & North America
Slovenia	1			1	Europe & North America
Solomon Islands	1			1	Asia-Pacific
South Africa	3	4	1	8	Africa
Spain	3	36	2	41	Europe & North America
Sri Lanka	1	6		7	Asia-Pacific
Sudan		1		1	Arab States
Suriname	1	1		1	Latin America & the Caribbean
Sweden		11	1	12	Europe & North America
Finland	1			1	Europe & North America
Switzerland	2	5		7	Europe & North America
Syria		5		5	Arab States
Tanzania	4	3		7	Africa
Thailand	2	3		5	Asia-Pacific
the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia			1	1	Europe & North America
Togo		1		1	Africa
Tunisia	1	7		8	Arab States
Turkey		7	2	9	Europe & North America
Turkmenistan		3		3	Asia-Pacific
Uganda	2	1		3	Africa
Ukraine		2		2	Europe & North America
United Kingdom	4	21	1	26	Europe & North America
United States of America	10	8		18	Europe & North America
Uruguay		1		1	Latin America & the Caribbean
Uzbekistan		4		4	Asia-Pacific
Vanuatu		1		1	Asia-Pacific
Venezuela	1	2		3	Latin America & the Caribbean
Vietnam	2	3		5	Asia-Pacific
Yemen		3		3	Arab States
Zambia & Zimbabwe	1			1	Africa
Zimbabwe	1	3		4	Africa
Total	166	660	25	851	141 State Parties

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes and references

^ World Heritage List, UNESCO World Heritage Sites official sites.
^ According to UNESCO World Heritage Site, States parties are countries that have signed and ratified the World Heritage Convention.

[edit] External links

UNESCO World Heritage Sites — Official website
List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites — Official website
World Heritage Site — World Heritage Details website
WHTour — The World Heritage List in panographies and virtual tours
VRheritage.org — Documentation of World Heritage Sites
Worldheritage-Forum — Weblog and Information on World Heritage Issues
UNESCO World Heritage List — Complete list with links and map of all sites
whc.unesco.org — The Official World Heritage List in Google Earth (en français)
whc.kmz — The World Heritage List in Google Earth (en français)
Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage at Law-Ref.org — Fully indexed and crosslinked with other documents
Organization of World Heritage Cities — Dealing with urban sites only

[list-0] World Heritage List, UNESCO World Heritage Sites official sites.

[1] According to UNESCO World Heritage Site, States parties are countries that have signed and ratified the World Heritage Convention.

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Contents

[edit] Countries with 10 or more World Heritage Sites

[edit] Sites distribution

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes and references

[edit] External links