EN_WH mapside_10-11.qsd_EN_WH mapside.qsd 12/3/10 1:00 PM Page 1 D 4 D D D D rom the vast plains of the Serengeti to historic cities such D D 7 as Vienna, Lima and Kyoto; from the prehistoric rock art ICELAND D 1 D 5 D D on the Iberian Peninsula to the Statue of Liberty; from the 2 8 Kasbah of Algiers to the Imperial Palace in Beijing — all 5 2 of these places, as varied as they are, have one thing in common. FINLAND J All are World Heritage sites of outstanding cultural or natural 3 3 D 15 6 SWEDEN value to humanity and are worthy of protection for future 4 1 5 D 1 1 14 DD generations to know and enjoy. NORWAY 11 2 D 20 RUSSIAN 2 3 1 DD 4 FEDERATION 17 1 2 5 ESTONIA D 6 7 7 4 3 NIO M 18 O UN IM D 8 R I Key T A LATVIA A L • P • W 6 L D O A 1 1 I R Cultural property The designations employed and the presentation D D L D N 12 H O of material on this map do not imply the expres- E M 1 R E Natural property D I T IN 14 AG O sion of any opinion whatsoever on the part of 10 E • PATRIM 1 22 DENMARK 9 LITHUANIA 1 Mixed property (cultural and natural) UNESCO and National Geographic Society con- 3 T O 1 2 D United Nations World UNITED 2 D A Transnational property cerning the legal status of any country, territory, 2 1 D Educational, Scientific and Heritage KINGDOM BELARUS city or area or of its authorities, or concerning 1 Cultural Organization Convention 1 Property currently inscribed on the 4 1 the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. IRELAND 23 26 7 D 2 List of World Heritage in Danger 6 25 8 27 21 NETHERLANDS 2 M 6 D Number indicates site order by year of inscription Dotted line represents approximately the Line of 3 28 C D 5 D within each country. Control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by 6 1 22 4 19 8 28 9 30 POLAND See country index on back side of map for site listings. India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu 1012 7 6 1 9 2416 3 11 2419 and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by 5 13 25 14 N Only States Parties to the World Heritage Convention 20 4 8 5 the parties. 26 2 17 18 9 11 U K R A I N E are labeled on this map. 19 1 21 20 7 3 5 5 CZECH 2 D 6 BELGIUM O GERMANY 1 D United Nations (UN) country boundaries shown E 38 2 10 D 7 27 16 1 9 as of October 2006 28 LUXEMBOURG 7 3 12 REPUBLIC 10 4 W 1 15 10 5 D 18 2 351211 8 1 3 17 http://whc.unesco.org 1 17 7 4 SLOVAKIA REPUBLIC OF 3 13 29 2 6 Q 4 MOLDOVA http://www.nationalgeographic.com 2 6 27 12 16 2 6 7 6 7 2 2 4 13 3 23 1 B 3 1 1 26 4 10 4 3 4 SWITZ. 1 2 19 AUSTRIA 5 HUNGARY 6 GEORGIA 11 8 3 2 D 1 30 13 FRANCE 7 2 ROMANIA 1 ARMENIA 6 5 4 R 42 SLOVENIA 5 5 3 3 2 23 S 36 1 27 11 8 1 CROATIA © 2010 UNESCO Printed December 2010 2925 5 2 31 194 4 7 18 41 BOSNIA 40 12 3 & SERBIA 9 20 HERZEGOVINA 4 2 9 33 8 40 15 4 6 24 33 8 SAN 2 BULGARIA 5 38 21 1520 24 MARINO 2 24 9 3 1 6 2 3 8 20 5 29 5 1 2 1 3 35 K 22 MONACO 69 7 1 11 3 26 ANDORRA 16 33 3 4 150° 120° 90° 60° Longitude West 30° 0° 30° Longitude East 60° 90° 120° 150° 8 34 38 1 1 6 1 10 1 ITALY 8 T U R K E Y (France) 14 MONTENEGRO F.Y.R.O.M. 5 PORTUGAL V 16 371 34 10 7 17 5 30 ALBANIA 1 2 A R C T I C O C E A N 3 4 31 25 HOLY SEE P 6 6 4 28 17 13 4 9 14 14 7 14 1236 22 11 1021 7 2 19 SPAIN 25 2 SYRIAN h 5 18 27 28 1 5 G R E E C E 4 ARAB c i 23 17 (Italy) 7 REPUBLIC w 23 n 212 13 e 1 29 (Spain) 3 e 37 32 3 r 15 16 5 32 15 7 11 G 21 10 6 CYPRUS 8 f 5 2 (Italy) 1 2 2 o 9 3 3 39 1 1 1 n 22 LEBANON a 26 19 (Russian i 35 4 d 2 GREENLAND i 2 Federation) r 6 (Denmark) e 3 2 4 4 21 1 MALTA ISRAEL 2 M 3 1 ARCTIC CIRCLE ARCTIC CIRCLE 3 1 JORDAN 9 5 1 The Qal’at al-Bahrain (Fortress of Bahrain) site is an artificial mound (tell) showing F 2 R U S S I A N F E D E R A T I O N human occupation between the mid 3rd millennium B.C. and the 16th century A.D. 60° The Dilmun civilization established its capital and trading port here and developed 60° 6 important commercial and cultural exchanges with other ancient civilizations, Albers Conic Equal-Area Projection notably in the Indus Valley and Mesopotamia. C A N A D A 0 mi 400 The World Heritage Cities Programme Area enlarged 11 Title photo: iStockphoto.com at top right 0 km 400 seeks to protect living historic city centres and their cultural and architectural her- 10 4 7 1 itage from threats such as uncontrolled E U R O P E 3 3 N O R T H development or inappropriate construction. 12 U 5 9 G K A Z A K H S T A N 11 8 1 A M E R I C A 8 M O N G O L I A The World Heritage emblem symbolizes 13 A S I A 12 16 the interdependence of the world’s natural 2 10 2 13 and cultural diversity. The central square UZBEKISTAN 1 2 1 KYRGYZSTAN 3 represents the achievements of human skill 6 AZERBAIJAN 27 30 The OUR PLACE World Heritage pho- U N I T E D S T A T E S 2 11 DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S and inspiration, and the circle celebrates 12 1 1 REPUBLIC OF KOREA 4 tobank is developed in partnership 5 2 2 4 4 28 2120 with the UNESCO World Heritage TURKMENISTAN 1 6 the gifts of nature. The emblem is round, 9 TAJIKISTAN 38 1 Centre. The OUR PLACE team O F A M E R I C A 9 12 1 3 15 11 3 has now photographed more like the world, a symbol of global protec- 13 (Portugal) 12 1 3 4 REPUBLIC 1 7 4 17 5 9 OF KOREA than 300 World Heritage 7 125 10 JAPAN tion for the heritage of all humankind. 17 5 4 8 4 7 C H I N A 1 10 6 sites in over 80 countries. 3 14 1 6 33 2 6 10 6 6 7 1 2 12 1 Visit: www.ourplace 3 7 14 5 2 2 19 worldheritage.com 5 3 8 1 3 5 4026 87 The Small Islands Programme focuses on 41 TUNISIA 2 12 8 IRAN (ISLAMIC AFGHANISTAN 8 8 (Portugal) 9 2 3 6 preserving heritage on the islands of the 18 (UK) MOROCCO 3 1 IRAQ 3 9 13 18 110 REPUBLIC OF) 7 2 5 18 Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic, Pacific 3 5 3224 18 5 18 7 3 and Indian oceans. 5 14 2 30°N 30°N KUWAIT 14 16 23 15 25 30 7 6 PAKISTAN 20 10 (Spain) 6 27 NEPAL 37 1339 21 29 39 111325 A L G E R I A L I B Y A N 2 1 BHUTAN 22 1 9 4 3 4 3 The Earthen Architecture Conservation A R A B 1 1 28 13 8 7 19 Cultural heritage refers to monuments, EGYPT BAHRAIN 22 11 4 2 J A M A H I R I Y A 2 QATAR 19 Programme works toward conserving and buildings and sites with historical, aesthetic, 4 2 35 2 UNITED 4 11 23 36 TROPIC OF CANCER MEXICO ARAB BANGLADESH TROPIC OF CANCER revitalizing earthen architecture, which is archaeological, scientific, ethnological or SAUDI 19 1 EMIRATES 2 4 34 12 5 ARABIA 1 24 1 threatened by natural disasters and indus- 30 CUBA anthropological value. Natural heritage 3 25 31 82 173 28 9 I N D I A MYANMAR trialization. Currently, some one hundred 26 7 23 refers to outstanding physical, biological or 2 6 2 17 16 10 8 1 LAO P.D.R. (USA) 15 6 7 DOMINICAN 1 16 properties on the World Heritage List are 9 24 4 21 4 3 REPUBLIC 2 5 1 273 1 1 geological features and includes habitats of MAURITANIA 29 6 HAITI (USA) OMAN 2615 partially or totally built with earth. 20 14 19 1 11 1 P A C I F I C 22 JAMAICA threatened species, as well as areas with M A L I 1 3 BELIZE ANTIGUA CAPE VERDE 5 2 1 AND BARBUDA 4 5 5 31 1 ST KITTS AND NEVIS 1 scientific, environmental or aesthetic 2 N I G E R 1 3 3 4 14 1 2 value.