18 Arab countries are on the UNESCO World Heritage List.. This is the ranking of countries in terms of the number of sites

Written By رنا السيلاوي on 2022/09/26

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

Weather of Arabia - The list of World Heritage sites includes places from the world that have a distinct universal value and importance to cultural or natural heritage, or both, and these sites are included in the list of World Heritage sites based on many criteria.

According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), cultural heritage means “the inheritance of tangible and intangible belongings belonging to a group or community that has the legacies of previous generations, that have survived to the present, and that are donated to future generations.”

Most Arab countries are rich in many heritage sites, which are registered in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Here we review the most important heritage sites in 18 Arab countries and the years in which they were registered on the international list.

1- Morocco

It occupies the first place among the Arab countries with 9 mixed sites:

2- Tunisia

It occupies second place with 8 sites, including 7 mixed sites and one cultural, namely:

3- Algeria

It has 7 heritage sites, of which 6 are mixed, and a natural site:

("beautiful" website)

4- Egypt

It owns 7 heritage sites, including 6 mixed sites, and one cultural site, which are:

(The ancient city of Thebes and its cemetery)

5- Jordan

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It has 6 heritage sites, 4 of which are mixed, and a natural site:

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6- Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia has 6 sites on the list, they are:

(Al-Ahsa Oasis)

7- Sultanate of Oman

It has 6 mixed heritage sites:

8- Syria

It has 6 "at risk" sites:

9- Iraq

It has 6 heritage sites, 4 of which are mixed under danger:

10- Lebanon

It has 5 mixed cultural and natural sites, namely:

("Photo" area)

11- Libya

Owns 5 mixed sites at risk are:

(Sparta archaeological site)

12- Yemen

He has 4 sites, 3 of which are mixed under danger, they are:

(The ancient city of Shibam and its wall)

13- Palestine

Palestine has 3 mixed “cultural/natural” sites under threat:

(The country of olives and vines)

14- Sudan

He owns 3 heritage sites:

(Sanjab National Marine Sanctuary and Dungunab Island Bay National Marine Park in Mukwar Island)

15- Bahrain

It has two mixed sites:

16- Mauritania

You have two websites:

17- UAE

It has one mixed site registered in 2011, Al Ain Al Thaqafia: Hafeet, Heli, Bida Bint Saud and Al Wahat Areas.

18- Qatar

It has only one mixed site registered in 2013 which is Al Zubarah Archaeological Site.

While 4 Arab countries do not have any heritage sites registered on the UNESCO World Heritage List: Djibouti, Somalia, Comoros, and Kuwait.

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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