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List of World Heritage Sites by year of inscription

List of World Heritage Sites by year of inscription

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This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites around the world by year of inscription, selected during the annual sessions of the World Heritage Committee.[1][2] The first World Heritage Site in the list is the Galápagos Islands.[3] The 24th session in 2000 inscribed the most with 61 entries, while the 13th session in 1989 only inscribed seven sites.[2]

(F) denotes a country or territory's first inscription.[citation needed]

1978 (2nd session)

12 sites (8 cultural, 4 natural)
Host:  United States

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1979 (3rd session)

45 sites (34 cultural, 8 natural, 3 mixed)
Host:  Egypt

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1980 (4th session)

27 sites (22 cultural, 5 natural)
Host:  France

1981 (5th session)

26 sites (15 cultural, 9 natural, 2 mixed)
Host:  Australia

1982 (6th session)

24 sites (17 cultural, 5 natural, 2 mixed)
Host:  France

1983 (7th session)

29 sites (19 cultural, 9 natural, 1 mixed)
Host:  Italy

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1984 (8th session)

22 sites (15 cultural, 7 natural)
Host:  Argentina

1985 (9th session)

30 sites (25 cultural, 4 natural, 1 mixed)
Host:  France

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1986 (10th session)

29 sites (23 cultural, 5 natural, 1 mixed)
Host:  France

1987 (11th session)

41 sites (32 cultural, 7 natural, 2 mixed)
Host:  France

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1988 (12th session)

27 sites (19 cultural, 5 natural, 3 mixed)
Host:  Brazil

1989 (13th session)

7 sites (4 cultural, 2 natural, 1 mixed)
Host:  France

1990 (14th session)

16 sites (11 cultural, 2 natural, 3 mixed)
Host:  Canada

1991 (15th session)

22 sites (16 cultural, 6 natural)
Host:  Tunisia

1992 (16th session)

20 sites (16 cultural, 4 natural)
Host:  United States

1993 (17th session)

33 sites (29 cultural, 4 natural)
Host:  Colombia

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1994 (18th session)

29 sites (21 cultural, 8 natural)
Host:  Thailand

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1995 (19th session)

29 sites (23 cultural, 6 natural)
Host:  Germany

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1996 (20th session)

37 sites (30 cultural, 5 natural, 2 mixed)
Host:  Mexico

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1997 (21st session)

46 sites (38 cultural, 7 natural, 1 mixed)
Host:  Italy

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1998 (22nd session)

30 sites (27 cultural, 3 natural)
Host:  Japan

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1999 (23rd session)

48 sites (35 cultural, 11 natural, 2 mixed)
Host:  Morocco

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2000 (24th session)

61 sites (50 cultural, 10 natural, 1 mixed)
Host:  Australia

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2001 (25th session)

31 sites (25 cultural, 6 natural)
Host:  Finland

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2002 (26th session)

9 sites (8 cultural, 1 mixed)
Host:  Hungary

2003 (27th session)

24 sites (19 cultural, 5 natural)
Host:  France

2004 (28th session)

34 sites (29 cultural, 5 natural)
Host:  China

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2005 (29th session)

24 sites (17 cultural, 7 natural)
Host:  South Africa

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2006 (30th session)

18 sites (16 cultural, 2 natural)
Host:  Lithuania

2007 (31st session)

22 sites (16 cultural, 4 natural, 2 mixed)
Host:  New Zealand

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2008 (32nd session)

27 sites (19 cultural, 8 natural)
Host:  Canada

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2009 (33rd session)

13 sites (11 cultural, 2 natural)
Host:  Spain

2010 (34th session)

21 sites (15 cultural, 5 natural, 1 mixed)
Host:  Brazil

2011 (35th session)

25 sites (21 cultural, 3 natural, 1 mixed)
Host:  France

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2012 (36th session)

26 sites (20 cultural, 5 natural, 1 mixed)
Host:  Russia

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2013 (37th session)

19 sites (14 cultural, 5 natural)
Host:  Cambodia

2014 (38th session)

26 sites (22 cultural, 3 natural, 1 mixed)
Host:  Qatar

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2015 (39th session)

24 sites (23 cultural, 1 mixed)
Host:  Germany

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2016 (40th session)

21 sites (12 cultural, 6 natural, 3 mixed)
Host:  Turkey

2017 (41st session)

21 sites (18 cultural, 3 natural)
Host:  Poland

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2018 (42nd session)

19 sites (13 cultural, 3 natural, 3 mixed)
Host:  Bahrain

2019 (43rd session)

29 sites (24 cultural, 4 natural, 1 mixed)
Host:  Azerbaijan

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2021 (44th session)

The 44th session was originally scheduled for 2020 but postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, the World Heritage Committee voted on both 2020 and 2021 nominations.[4]

34 sites (29 cultural, 5 natural)
Host:  China

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2023 (18th extraordinary session)

At its 18th extraordinary session in January 2023, the World Heritage Committee added three sites under an emergency procedure to both the World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in Danger.[5][6]

3 sites (3 cultural)
Host:  France

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2023 (45th session)

The 45th session was originally scheduled to be held from 19 June to 30 June, 2022, in Kazan, Russia, but was postponed indefinitely due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7] The World Heritage Committee then rescheduled the 45th session to 10-25 September 2023 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and will vote on 2022 and 2023 nominations.[8]

42 sites (33 cultural, 9 natural)
Host:  Saudi Arabia

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See also


References

  1. Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "UNESCO World Heritage Centre - World Heritage List". whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  2. Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Number of World Heritage properties inscribed each Year". whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  3. Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Galápagos Islands". whc.unesco.org.
  4. UNESCO (2021-07-16). "Extended 44th World Heritage Committee session opens in Fuzhou, China". UNESCO. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  5. "Three sites 'in danger' added to UNESCO World Heritage List". CNN. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.

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