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  2. List of World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia - Wikipedia

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    Various institutions have also criticized UNESCO for its 'Europe-centric' designations. An example of which was when UNESCO declared 10 UNESCO sites in Italy (a European country) in just a single year (1997). During the same time, 8 sites were declared for the entire Asian continent, where no designated site was located in Southeast Asia at all ...

  3. List of World Heritage Sites in Eastern Asia - Wikipedia

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    Each year, UNESCO's World Heritage Committee may inscribe new sites on the list, or delist sites that no longer meet the criteria. Selection is based on ten criteria: six for cultural heritage (i–vi) and four for natural heritage (vii–x). [5] Some sites, designated "mixed sites," represent both cultural and natural heritage.

  4. List of World Heritage Sites in Southern Asia - Wikipedia

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    Each year, UNESCO's World Heritage Committee may inscribe new sites on the list or delist sites that no longer meet the criteria. Selection is based on ten criteria: six for cultural heritage (i–vi) and four for natural heritage (vii–x). [4] Some sites, designated "mixed sites", represent both cultural and natural heritage.

  5. List of World Heritage Sites in Northern and Central Asia

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    The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated 19 World Heritage Sites in six countries (also called "state parties") of Central and North Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the Asian part of Russia. [1]

  6. World Heritage Sites by country - Wikipedia

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    World Heritage Site – World Heritage Details website; 360° panophotography – The World Heritage List in pano-photography and virtual tours; VRheritage.org – Documentation of World Heritage Sites; UNESCO World Heritage List – Complete list with links and map of all sites; whc.unesco.org – The Official World Heritage List in Google ...

  7. 10 of the world’s most beautiful Unesco World Heritage Sites

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    It takes something special to make it onto the list of Unesco's World Heritage Sites.Since the first list was announced in 1978 – among the inaugural crop of 12 was the Galapagos Islands and ...

  8. List of World Heritage Sites in Western Asia - Wikipedia

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    The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated 95 World Heritage Sites in 18 countries (also called "state parties") of West Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Yemen.

  9. List of World Heritage Sites in Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    The archaeological site consists of 10 different soil layers. [41] [42] Hương Sơn Complex of Natural Beauty and Historical Monuments # Hanoi: 1991 960; (mixed) The site is an important ecological zone and cultural zone, with archaeological sites dating back 10,000 years and geological formations dating back 200 million years.