As of January 2023, there are a total of 1,157 World Heritage Sites located across 167 countries, of which 900 are cultural, 218 are natural and 39 are mixed properties.[1] The countries have been divided by the World Heritage Committee into five geographic zones: Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and North America, and Latin America and the Caribbean. With 58 selected areas, Italy is the country with the most sites on the list.[2]
Of the 194 state parties of the World Heritage Convention, 27 have no properties inscribed on the World Heritage List: The Bahamas, Bhutan, Brunei, Burundi, Comoros, Cook Islands, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Kuwait, Liberia, Maldives, Monaco, Niue, Rwanda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Timor-Leste, Tonga, and Trinidad and Tobago.[3]
Country | Cultural sites | Natural sites | Mixed sites | Total sites | Shared sites[4] | UNESCO region |
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2 | 2 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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2 | 1[note 1] | 1 | 4 | 2 | Europe and North America |
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6 | 1 | 7 | Arab States | ||
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1 | 1 | Europe and North America | |||
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1 | 1 | Africa | |||
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |||
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6[note 2][note 3][note 4] | 5 | 11 | 3 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |
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2 | 1 | 3 | Europe and North America | ||
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4 | 12 | 4 | 20 | Asia and the Pacific | |
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11[note 5][note 6] | 1[note 1] | 12 | 4 | Europe and North America | |
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3 | 3 | Europe and North America | |||
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3 | 3 | Arab States | |||
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2 | 1 | 3 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |||
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3[note 7] | 1[note 8] | 4 | 2 | Europe and North America | |
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14[note 9][note 3] | 1[note 1] | 15 | 5 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |||
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1 | 1[note 10] | 2 | 1 | Africa | |
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6[note 4] | 1 | 7 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |
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3[note 11] | 1 | 4 | 2 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 1 | 2 | Africa | ||
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15[note 2] | 7 | 1 | 23 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean |
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7 | 3[note 1] | 10 | 1 | Europe and North America | |
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2 | 1[note 10] | 3 | 1 | Africa | |
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3 | 3 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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2[note 12] | 2 | 1 | Africa | ||
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9 | 10[note 13] | 1 | 20 | 2 | Europe and North America |
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1 | 1 | Africa | |||
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2[note 12] | 2 | 1 | Africa | ||
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1 | 1 | 2 | Africa | ||
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7[note 4] | 7 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | ||
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38[note 14] | 14 | 4 | 56 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific |
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6[note 4] | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean |
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1[note 12] | 1 | 1 | Africa | ||
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1 | 3[note 15] | 4 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |
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2 | 3[note 16] | 5 | 1 | Africa | |
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8[note 11] | 2 | 10 | 3 | Europe and North America | |
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7 | 2 | 9 | Latin America and the Caribbean | ||
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3 | 3 | Europe and North America | |||
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16[note 17] | 16 | 2 | Europe and North America | ||
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5 | 5 | Africa | |||
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7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |||
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |||
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3[note 4] | 2 | 5 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |
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6 | 1 | 7 | Arab States | ||
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |||
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1 | 1 | Africa | |||
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2[note 7] | 2 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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8 | 1 | 9 | Africa | ||
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1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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6[note 7] | 1[note 18] | 7 | 2 | Europe and North America | |
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43[note 9][note 3][note 6][note 19] | 5[note 20][note 21][note 22] | 1[note 23] | 49 | 5 | Europe, North America |
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1 | 1 | 2 | Africa | ||
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2[note 24] | 2 | 1 | Africa | ||
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3 | 1 | 4 | Europe and North America | ||
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48[note 25][note 26][note 27][note 3][note 6][note 17] | 3[note 28][note 1] | 51 | 8 | Europe and North America | |
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2 | 2 | Africa | |||
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16 | 2 | 18 | Europe and North America | ||
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2 | 1 | 3 | Latin America and the Caribbean | ||
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1[note 16] | 1 | 1 | Africa | ||
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |||
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1 | 1 | 2 | Latin America and the Caribbean | ||
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7[note 5] | 1[note 29] | 8 | 2 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 2 | 3 | Europe and North America | ||
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32[note 3] | 7 | 1 | 40 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific |
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5 | 4 | 9 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
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24 | 2 | 26 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
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5 | 1 | 6 | Arab States | ||
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2 | 2 | Europe and North America | |||
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9 | 9 | Europe and North America[5] | |||
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53[note 30][note 31][note 6] | 5[note 32] | 58 | 6 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |||
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19[note 3] | 6 | 25 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |
Jerusalem (proposed by Jordan) | 1 | 1 | [note 33][6][7] | |||
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5 | 1 | 6 | Arab States | ||
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3[note 14] | 2[note 34] | 5 | 2 | Asia and the Pacific | |
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4 | 3 | 7 | Africa | ||
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1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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2[note 14] | 1[note 34] | 3 | 2 | Asia and the Pacific | |
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3 | 3 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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2[note 7] | 2 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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6 | 6 | Arab States | |||
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1[note 35] | 1 | 1 | Africa | ||
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5 | 5 | Arab States | |||
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4[note 7][note 36] | 4 | 2 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 1 | Europe and North America | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Africa | ||
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1 | 1 | 2 | Africa | ||
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2 | 2 | 4 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
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3 | 1 | 4 | Africa | ||
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3 | 3 | Arab States | |||
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1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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1 | 1 | 2 | Arab States | ||
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2 | 2 | Africa | |||
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27 | 6 | 2 | 35 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |
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1[note 7] | 1 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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3 | 2[note 37] | 5 | 2 | Asia and the Pacific | |
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3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | Europe and North America | |
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9 | 9 | Arab States | |||
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1 | 1 | Africa | |||
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2 | 2 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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1 | 1 | 2 | Africa | ||
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2[note 38] | 2 | 4 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
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11 | 1[note 28] | 12 | 2 | Europe and North America | |
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2 | 1 | 3 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
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2 | 2 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |||
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1 | 2[note 10] | 3 | 1 | Africa | |
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2 | 2 | Africa | |||
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2 | 2 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Europe and North America | |
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7[note 7] | 1 | 8 | 1 | Europe and North America | |
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5 | [note 39] | 5 | Arab States | ||
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6 | 6 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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3 | 3 | Arab States | |||
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2 | 3[note 15] | 5 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |
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1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |||
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9[note 4] | 2 | 2 | 13 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean |
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3 | 3 | 6 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
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15[note 40][note 26][8] | 2[note 8] | 17 | 3 | Europe and North America | |
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16[note 41] | 1 | 17 | 1 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 1 | Arab States | |||
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7 | 2 | 9 | 1 | Europe and North America | |
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19[note 7][note 36] | 11[note 37] | 30 | 4 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |||
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1 | 1 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |||
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1 | 1 | Europe and North America | |||
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6 | 6 | Arab States | |||
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5[note 24] | 2 | 7 | 1 | Africa | |
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5[note 11] | 5 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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2 | 2 | Africa | |||
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1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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6 | 2[note 29][note 1] | 8 | 2 | Europe and North America | |
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3[note 42][note 6] | 2 | 5 | 3 | Europe and North America | |
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1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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5 | 4 | 1[note 35] | 10 | 1 | Africa |
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13 | 2 | 15 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
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43[note 41][note 42] | 4 | 2[note 23] | 49 | 4 | Europe and North America |
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6 | 2 | 8 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
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2 | 1 | 3 | Arab States | ||
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1 | 1 | 2 | Latin America and the Caribbean | ||
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13[note 7] | 1[note 18] | 1 | 15 | 2 | Europe and North America |
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10[note 31][note 3][note 6] | 3[note 32] | 13 | 4 | Europe and North America | |
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6 | 6 | Arab States | |||
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1 | 1 | 2 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
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3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | Africa | |
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3 | 3 | 6 | Asia and the Pacific | ||
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1 | 1 | Africa | |||
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7 | 1 | 8 | Arab States | ||
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17 | 2 | 19 | Europe and North America | ||
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3 | 3 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Africa | ||
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7[note 7][note 40] | 1[note 1] | 8 | 3 | Europe and North America | |
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28[note 25] | 4 | 1 | 33 | 1 | Europe and North America |
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11 | 12[note 13] | 1 | 24 | 2 | Europe and North America |
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1 | 1 | Arab States | |||
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3 | 3 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |||
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4 | 1[note 34] | 5 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |
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1 | 1 | Asia and the Pacific | |||
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2[note 30] | 2 | 1 | Europe and North America | ||
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2 | 1 | 3 | Latin America and the Caribbean | ||
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5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | Asia and the Pacific | |
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4 | 1 | 5 | Arab States | ||
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1[note 43] | 1 | 1 | Africa | ||
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3 | 2[note 43] | 5 | 1 | Africa | |
Total | 900 | 218 | 39 | 1157 | 115 | 167 state parties |
This overview lists the 32 countries with 10 or more World Heritage Sites: