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UNESCO World Heritage Sites

1358 sites across 171 countries

UNESCO World Heritage Sites
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UNESCO World Heritage Sites, grouped by country. Pick a country to see its full list — each site links to the nearest city or attraction guide where we have one.

Countries

UNESCO sites by country

Italy62 sitesChina61 sitesGermany55 sitesFrance54 sitesSpain49 sitesIndia45 sitesMexico36 sitesUnited Kingdom35 sitesRussia32 sitesIran30 sitesJapan27 sitesBrazil26 sitesUnited States26 sitesTurkey22 sitesCanada21 sitesAustralia21 sitesGreece21 sitesPortugal17 sitesPoland17 sitesCzech Republic17 sitesSouth Korea17 sitesBelgium15 sitesSweden15 sitesDenmark13 sitesPeru13 sitesNetherlands13 sitesArgentina12 sitesSouth Africa12 sitesEthiopia12 sitesAustria12 sitesRomania11 sitesSwitzerland11 sitesIndonesia10 sitesTunisia10 sitesBulgaria10 sitesCroatia10 sitesThailand9 sitesVietnam9 sitesColombia9 sitesIsrael9 sitesMorocco9 sitesCuba9 sitesUkraine8 sitesKenya8 sitesFinland8 sitesNorway8 sitesSaudi Arabia8 sitesSlovakia8 sitesUzbekistan8 sitesSri Lanka8 sitesJordan8 sitesTanzania7 sitesKazakhstan7 sitesBolivia7 sitesAlgeria7 sitesChile7 sitesSenegal7 sitesEgypt7 sitesMongolia7 sitesLebanon7 sitesHungary7 sitesMalaysia6 sitesPakistan6 sitesPhilippines6 sitesSyria6 sitesIraq6 sitesSerbia5 sitesAzerbaijan5 sitesBosnia and Herzegovina5 sitesCambodia5 sitesEcuador5 sitesLibya5 sitesLithuania5 sitesOman5 sitesSlovenia5 sitesTajikistan5 sitesTurkmenistan5 sitesYemen5 sitesCote dIvoire5 sitesDemocratic Republic of the Congo5 sitesPanama4 sitesBelarus4 sitesBurkina Faso4 sitesAlbania4 sitesCosta Rica4 sitesGuatemala4 sitesZimbabwe4 sitesMontenegro4 sitesGeorgia4 sitesLaos4 sitesNepal4 sitesMali4 sitesNorth Korea3 sitesNiger3 sitesUruguay3 sitesArmenia3 sitesUganda3 sitesMalta3 sitesIceland3 sitesUnited Arab Emirates3 sitesKyrgyzstan3 sitesMadagascar3 sitesBangladesh3 sitesBahrain3 sitesVenezuela3 sitesBenin3 sitesSuriname3 sitesSudan3 sitesMalawi3 sitesCameroon3 sitesCyprus3 sitesLatvia3 sitesNew Zealand3 sitesMauritania2 sitesMauritius2 sitesGhana2 sitesMozambique2 sitesMyanmar2 sitesNamibia2 sitesGambia2 sitesNicaragua2 sitesNigeria2 sitesNorth Macedonia2 sitesGabon2 sitesEstonia2 sitesRwanda2 sitesAfghanistan2 sitesSeychelles2 sitesChad2 sitesCentral African Republic2 sitesBotswana2 sitesRepublic of the Congo2 sitesHoly See2 sitesJamaica2 sitesIreland2 sitesHonduras2 sitesSouth Sudan1 sitesDominica1 sitesQatar1 sitesDominican Republic1 sitesEl Salvador1 sitesKiribati1 sitesEritrea1 sitesCabo Verde1 sitesBelize1 sitesParaguay1 sitesTogo1 sitesBarbados1 sitesPapua New Guinea1 sitesGuinea-Bissau1 sitesPalau1 sitesFiji1 sitesSaint Lucia1 sitesMoldova1 sitesAntigua and Barbuda1 sitesMicronesia1 sitesAngola1 sitesVanuatu1 sitesHaiti1 sitesAndorra1 sitesLesotho1 sitesSao Tome and Principe1 sitesComoros1 sitesZambia1 sitesLuxembourg1 sitesSierra Leone1 sitesSingapore1 sitesSaint Kitts and Nevis1 sitesSan Marino1 sitesSolomon Islands1 sitesMarshall Islands1 sites
Q&A

Answers to your questions

How many UNESCO World Heritage Sites are there?
UNESCO recognises 1,273 sites in 168 countries. On our site right now 1358 of them are linked, across 171 countries with a guide page.
What's the difference between a cultural, natural and mixed site?
A cultural site is human-made (an old town, a monument, an archaeological site); a natural site is a unique geological/ecological feature; a mixed site is both.