UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Asia

Overview

This article lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the Asian continent by country. The number at the beginning of each line indicates the site's year of admission to the World Heritage List. World Heritage sites are marked 'K', World Heritage sites are marked 'N', mixed sites are marked 'K/N'. World Heritage sites classified by UNESCO as particularly endangered and listed on the endangered World Heritage List ("Red List") are additionally marked with a "G".

Criteria for Selection

The selection of sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List is based on ten criteria: six for cultural heritage (i–vi) and four for natural heritage (vii–x). Some sites, designated as "mixed", represent both cultural and natural heritage. States may also make an inscription on the indicative list, which contains elements for which the State party submitted an application to UNESCO prior to its acceptance.

Regionalization

UNESCO has organized different forms of regionalism for the decentralization of its activities. Five regions were defined at the 42nd meeting of the General Conference on November 21, 1974: Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and North America, and Latin America and the Caribbean.

Asian World Heritage Sites

### Afghanistan

* 2002 – Minaret and archaeological finds of Jam (K, G)
* 2003 – Cultural landscape and archaeological sites of the Bamiyan Valley with the Buddha statues of Bamiyan (K, G)

### Armenia

* 1996 – Convents of Haghpat and Sanahin

### Egypt

Note: Although listed here, all other World Heritage sites in Egypt are located in Africa.

References

The information provided is based on the UNESCO World Heritage List. For more detailed descriptions with short descriptions and pictures of the World Heritage sites, please refer to the linked overview articles on the World Heritage of the individual states.