World Heritage Site List

The World Heritage List includes 1248 properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage which the World Heritage Committee considers as having outstanding universal value.

These include 972 cultural, 235 natural and 41 mixed properties in 170 States Parties. As of October 2024, 196 States Parties have ratified the World Heritage Convention.

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DOI:
10.63253/qblhcalw
Chloé Meyer (2024). World Heritage Site List [Data set]. UNESCO .
Published: 2025-07-24 | Publisher: UNESCO

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DOI https://doi.org/10.63253/qblhcalw
Resource type Spatial data set
Date of creation 2025-07-24
Date of last revision 2025-07-24
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Metadata identifier World-Heritage-Site-List
Metadata language English
Themes (DCAT-AP)
High-value dataset category
ISO 19115 topic category environment
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Spatial information
INSPIRE identifier
INSPIRE Themes
Geographic identifier
Coordinate Reference System
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Provenance
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Purpose
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Temporal extent (End)
Version notes
Version
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Responsible Party
Name of the dataset creator (Legacy) Chloé Meyer
Name of the dataset maintainer Pablo Rojas
Identifier of the dataset creator (Legacy)
Email of the dataset creator (Legacy)
Identifier of the dataset maintainer
Email of the dataset maintainer
Website of the dataset maintainer