World Heritage Site

A World Heritage Site is a place (such as a building, city, complex, desert, forest, island, lake, monument, or mountain) that is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as being of special cultural or physical significance.
The list is maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 UNESCO member states which are elected by the General Assembly.
The programme catalogues, names, and conserves sites of outstanding cultural or natural importance to the common heritage of humanity.
Under certain conditions, listed sites can obtain funds from the World Heritage Fund.
The program was founded with the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World's Cultural and Natural Heritage, which was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO on 16 November 1972.
Since then, 191 states parties have ratified the Convention, making it one of the most adhered to international instruments. Only Liechtenstein, Nauru, Somalia, South Sudan, Timor-Leste, and Tuvalu are not Party to the Convention.
As of July 2015, 1083 sites in 163 states parties.
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List of all World Heritage Site of Arab States

1 - Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad - Cultural, Algeria-Arab States - 1980
2 - Djémila - Cultural, Algeria-Arab States - 1982
3 - M'Zab Valley - Cultural, Algeria-Arab States - 1982
4 - Tassili n'Ajjer - Mixed, Algeria-Arab States - 1982
5 - Timgad - Cultural, Algeria-Arab States - 1982
6 - Tipasa - Cultural, Algeria-Arab States - 1982
7 - Kasbah of Algiers - Cultural, Algeria-Arab States - 1992
8 - Qal'at al-Bahrain - Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun - Cultural, BH-Arab States - 2005
9 - Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy - Cultural, BH-Arab States - 2012
10 - Abu Mena - Cultural, Egypt-Arab States - 1979
11 - Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis - Cultural, Egypt-Arab States - 1979
12 - Historic Cairo - Cultural, Egypt-Arab States - 1979
13 - Memphis and its Necropolis - the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur - Cultural, Egypt-Arab States - 1979
14 - Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae - Cultural, Egypt-Arab States - 1979
15 - Saint Catherine Area - Cultural, Egypt-Arab States - 2002
16 - Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) - Natural, Egypt-Arab States - 2005
17 - Hatra - Cultural, Iraq-Arab States - 1985
18 - Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) - Cultural, Iraq-Arab States - 2003
19 - Samarra Archaeological City - Cultural, Iraq-Arab States - 2007
20 - Erbil Citadel - Cultural, Iraq-Arab States - 2014
21 - Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls - Cultural, -Arab States - 1981
22 - Petra - Cultural, JO-Arab States - 1985
23 - Quseir Amra - Cultural, JO-Arab States - 1985
24 - Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a) - Cultural, JO-Arab States - 2004
25 - Wadi Rum Protected Area - Mixed, JO-Arab States - 2011
26 - Baptism Site 'Bethany Beyond the Jordan' (Al-Maghtas) - Cultural, JO-Arab States - 2015
27 - Anjar - Cultural, LB-Arab States - 1984
28 - Baalbek - Cultural, LB-Arab States - 1984
29 - Byblos - Cultural, LB-Arab States - 1984
30 - Tyre - Cultural, LB-Arab States - 1984
31 - Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab) - Cultural, LB-Arab States - 1998
32 - Archaeological Site of Cyrene - Cultural, Libya-Arab States - 1982
33 - Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna - Cultural, Libya-Arab States - 1982
34 - Archaeological Site of Sabratha - Cultural, Libya-Arab States - 1982
35 - Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus - Cultural, Libya-Arab States - 1985
36 - Old Town of Ghadamès - Cultural, Libya-Arab States - 1986
37 - Banc d'Arguin National Park - Natural, MR-Arab States - 1989
38 - Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata - Cultural, MR-Arab States - 1996
39 - Medina of Fez - Cultural, Morocco-Arab States - 1981
40 - Medina of Marrakesh - Cultural, Morocco-Arab States - 1985
41 - Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou - Cultural, Morocco-Arab States - 1987
42 - Historic City of Meknes - Cultural, Morocco-Arab States - 1996
43 - Archaeological Site of Volubilis - Cultural, Morocco-Arab States - 1997
44 - Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin) - Cultural, Morocco-Arab States - 1997
45 - Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador) - Cultural, Morocco-Arab States - 2001
46 - Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida) - Cultural, Morocco-Arab States - 2004
47 - Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared Heritage - Cultural, Morocco-Arab States - 2012
48 - Bahla Fort - Cultural, Oman-Arab States - 1987
49 - Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn - Cultural, Oman-Arab States - 1988
50 - Land of Frankincense - Cultural, Oman-Arab States - 2000
51 - Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman - Cultural, Oman-Arab States - 2006
52 - Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem - Cultural, PS-Arab States - 2012
53 - Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines - Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir - Cultural, PS-Arab States - 2014
54 - Al Zubarah Archaeological Site - Cultural, QA-Arab States - 2013
55 - Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih) - Cultural, SA-Arab States - 2008
56 - At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah - Cultural, SA-Arab States - 2010
57 - Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah - Cultural, SA-Arab States - 2014
58 - Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia - Cultural, SA-Arab States - 2015
59 - Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region - Cultural, SD-Arab States - 2003
60 - Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe - Cultural, SD-Arab States - 2011
61 - Ancient City of Damascus - Cultural, Syrian Arab Republic-Arab States - 1979
62 - Ancient City of Bosra - Cultural, Syrian Arab Republic-Arab States - 1980
63 - Site of Palmyra - Cultural, Syrian Arab Republic-Arab States - 1980
64 - Ancient City of Aleppo - Cultural, Syrian Arab Republic-Arab States - 1986
65 - Crac des Chevaliers and Qal'at Salah El-Din - Cultural, Syrian Arab Republic-Arab States - 2006
66 - Ancient Villages of Northern Syria - Cultural, Syrian Arab Republic-Arab States - 2011
67 - Amphitheatre of El Jem - Cultural, Tunisia-Arab States - 1979
68 - Archaeological Site of Carthage - Cultural, Tunisia-Arab States - 1979
69 - Medina of Tunis - Cultural, Tunisia-Arab States - 1979
70 - Ichkeul National Park - Natural, Tunisia-Arab States - 1980
71 - Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis - Cultural, Tunisia-Arab States - 1985
72 - Kairouan - Cultural, Tunisia-Arab States - 1988
73 - Medina of Sousse - Cultural, Tunisia-Arab States - 1988
74 - Dougga / Thugga - Cultural, Tunisia-Arab States - 1997
75 - Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas) - Cultural, AE-Arab States - 2011
76 - Old Walled City of Shibam - Cultural, YE-Arab States - 1982
77 - Old City of Sana'a - Cultural, YE-Arab States - 1986
78 - Historic Town of Zabid - Cultural, YE-Arab States - 1993
79 - Socotra Archipelago - Natural, YE-Arab States - 2008

Total sites found: 79