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Southeast Asia has the fewest UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Asia, next to Central and North Asia, despite being the base of the UNESCO Asia-Pacific headquarters located in Bangkok, Thailand and having a diverse line of natural and cultural heritage sites. Due to this, numerous scholars have been calling on Southeast Asian governments to ...
List of World Heritage Sites in Northern and Central Asia. List of World Heritage Sites in Kazakhstan; List of World Heritage Sites in Kyrgyzstan; List of World Heritage Sites in Tajikistan; List of World Heritage Sites in Turkmenistan; List of World Heritage Sites in Uzbekistan; List of World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
Vietnam holds the second-highest number of World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia, after Indonesia with ten sites. [3] The Complex of Huế Monuments was the first site in Vietnam to be inscribed on the list at the 17th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Colombia in 1993. [4]
By far the largest country in Southeast Asia, Indonesia lies at the southern end of the region and consists of roughly 17,500 islands, including Sumatra and Bali. With so many islands, it’s no ...
Name Nation View Population Mayor or governor Dhaka Bangladesh 6,594,962 (2013) North Dhaka: Atiqul Islam. South Dhaka: Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh. Islamabad Pakistan 1,330,000 (2011)
Spanning 2,350,000 hectares (5,800,000 acres), Lorentz is the largest World Heritage Site in Southeast Asia and the only one globally with a transect between snowy and tropical marine areas, including lowland wetlands. Linking two plate tectonics, it comprises mountains and glaciers.
Landmarks located in Asia, divided by country. This is a container category. ... Landmarks in the United Arab Emirates (3 C, 1 P) Landmarks in Uzbekistan (2 C) V.
Former countries in Southeast Asia (21 C, 61 P) Geography of Southeast Asia by country (12 C) Southeast Asian literature by country (14 C)