Table of World Heritage Sites based on State Parties
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.
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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)
Sites distribution
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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 | 2 | 2 | Africa | ||
 Mexico | 3 | 24 | 29 | 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 | 23 | 1 | 28 | 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 |
See also
- World Heritage Site
- List of World Heritage Sites in Africa
- List of World Heritage Sites in the Americas
- List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia
- List of World Heritage Sites in the Arab States
- List of World Heritage Sites in Europe
- List of World Heritage Sites in danger
- List of conservation topics
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.
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
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