Table of World Heritage Sites based on State Parties
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As of 2007, there are a total of 851 World Heritage Sites located in 141 State Parties.[1][2] Of these, 660 are cultural, 166 are natural and 25 are mixed properties.[2] Further site classification includes the classification of the State Parties among five geographic zones: Africa, Arab States (composed of northern Africa and the Middle East), Asia-Pacific (includes Australia and Oceania), Europe and North America (specifically, USA and Canada), and Latin America and the Caribbean.
Image:Total WHS.png Map showing the World Heritage Sites distribution by State Parties. | Image:Mixed WHS.png Map showing the Mixed Heritage Sites distribution by State Parties. |
Image:Cultural WHS.png Map showing the Cultural Heritage Sites distribution by State Parties. | Image:Natural WHS.png Map showing the Natural Heritage Sites distribution by State Parties. |
Note: The above maps are current as of 2007. Transboundary sites have been redistributed among the concerned countries, hence, have been counted multiple times.
[edit] 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 Europe
- List of World Heritage Sites in danger
- List of conservation topics
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ According to UNESCO World Heritage Site, States Parties are countries that signed and ratified The World Heritage Convention. As of October 2006, there are a total of 184 States Parties.
- ^ a b World Heritage List, UNESCO World Heritage Sites official sites.
[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
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