World Heritage List
1979
- Abu Mena (Egypt)
- Ancient City of Damascus (Syrian Arab Republic)
- Everglades National Park (United States of America)
- Virunga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo) #
1980
- Ancient City of Bosra (Syrian Arab Republic)
- Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo (Panama)
- Garamba National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Kahuzi-Biega National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Site of Palmyra (Syrian Arab Republic)
1981
- Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (Côte d'Ivoire) *
- Niokolo-Koba National Park (Senegal)
- Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls (Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan))
1982
- Archaeological Site of Cyrene (Libya)
- Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna (Libya)
- Archaeological Site of Sabratha (Libya)
- Old Walled City of Shibam (Yemen)
- Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve (Honduras)
- Selous Game Reserve (United Republic of Tanzania)
1984
- Salonga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
1985
- Hatra (Iraq)
- Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus (Libya)
1986
- Ancient City of Aleppo (Syrian Arab Republic)
- Chan Chan Archaeological Zone (Peru)
- Old City of Sana'a (Yemen)
- Old Town of Ghadamès (Libya)
1987
- City of Potosí (Bolivia (Plurinational State of))
1988
- Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park (Central African Republic)
- Old Towns of Djenné (Mali)
- Timbuktu (Mali)
1991
- Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves (Niger)
1993
- Coro and its Port (Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of))
- Historic Town of Zabid (Yemen)
1996
- Okapi Wildlife Reserve (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
1997
- Lake Turkana National Parks (Kenya)
1998
- East Rennell (Solomon Islands)
2000
- Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz (Uzbekistan)
2001
- Historic Centre of Vienna (Austria)
- Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi (Uganda)
2002
- Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam (Afghanistan)
2003
2004
- Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
- Medieval Monuments in Kosovo (Serbia)
- Tomb of Askia (Mali)
- Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (Indonesia)
2005
2006
- Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din (Syrian Arab Republic)
2007
- Rainforests of the Atsinanana (Madagascar)
- Samarra Archaeological City (Iraq)
2011
- Ancient Villages of Northern Syria (Syrian Arab Republic)
2012
2014
2016
- Nan Madol: Ceremonial Centre of Eastern Micronesia (Micronesia (Federated States of))
2017
- Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town (Palestine)
#: As for 19 Natural and Mixed Properties inscribed for geological values before 1994, criteria numbering of this property has changed. See Decision 30.COM 8D.1
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