List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia

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This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Asia, Australia and the Pacific (Australasia).

Armenia

Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin (1996, 2000)
Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots (2000)
Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley (2000)

Australia

Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh/Naracoorte)
Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves
Fraser Island
Great Barrier Reef
Greater Blue Mountains Area
Heard and McDonald Islands
Kakadu National Park
Lord Howe Island
Macquarie Island
Purnululu National Park
Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens
Shark Bay
Sydney Opera House
Tasmanian Wilderness
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
Wet Tropics of Queensland
Willandra Lakes Region

Bangladesh

Historic Mosque city of Bagerhat
Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur
The Sundarbans

China

The Great Wall (1987)
Mount Taishan, Shandong province (1987)
Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing (the Forbidden City) (1987) and Shenyang (Mukden Palace) (2004)
Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, Gansu proivince (1987)
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor in Xi'an, Shaanxi province (1987)
Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian, Beijing municipality (1987)
Mount Huangshan, Anhui province (1990)
Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area, Sichuan province (1992)
Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area, Sichuan province (1992)
Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area, Hunan province (1992)
Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples in Chengde, Hebei province (1994)
Temple and Cemetery of Confucius, and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu, Shandong province (1994)
Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains, Hubei province (1994)
Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, including the Jokhang Temple and Norbulingka, Lhasa, Tibet (1994, 2000, 2001)
Lushan National Park, Jiangxi province (1996)
Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area, Sichuan province (1996)
Old Town of Lijiang, Yunnan province (1997)
Ancient City of Ping Yao, Shanxi province (1997)
Classical Gardens of Suzhou, Jiangsu province (1997, 2000)
Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing (1998)
Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing (1998)
Mount Wuyi, Fujian province (1999)
Dazu Rock Carvings, Chongqing municipality (1999)
Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System, Sichuan province (2000)
Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui - Xidi and Hongcun (2000)
Longmen Grottoes, Luoyang, Henan province (2000)
Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, including the Ming Dynasty Tombs and the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum (2000, 2003, 2004)
Yungang Grottoes, Datong, Shanxi province (2001)
Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas (2003)
Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom, Jilin and Liaoning provinces (2004)
Historic Centre of Macau (2005)
Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries (2006)
Yin Xu, Henan province (2006)
Kaiping Diaolou and Villages, Guangdong province (2007)
South China Karst, Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi provinces (2007)

Georgia

Bagrati Cathedral in Kutaisi and Gelati Monastery
Historical Monuments of Mtskheta
Upper Svaneti

India

Agra Fort, Uttar Pradesh
Ajanta Caves, Maharashtra
Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh
Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park, Gujarat
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Maharashtra
Churches and Convents of Goa
Elephanta Caves, Maharashtra
Ellora Caves, Maharashtra
Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh
Great Living Chola Temples, Tamil Nadu
Group of Monuments at Hampi, Karnataka
Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu
Group of Monuments at Pattadakal, Karnataka
Humayun's Tomb, Delhi
Kaziranga National Park, Assam
Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan
Khajuraho Group of Monuments, Madhya Pradesh
Mahabodhi Temple Complex, Bihar
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam
Mountain Railways of India
Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Park, Uttaranchal
Qutub Minar and its monuments, Delhi
Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka, Madhya Pradesh
Red Fort, New Delhi
Konark Sun Temple, Orissa
Sundarbans National Park, West Bengal
Taj Mahal, Uttar Pradesh

Indonesia

Borobudur Temple Compounds
Komodo National Park
Lorentz National Park
Prambanan Temple Compounds
Sangiran Early Man Site
Ujung Kulon National Park
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra, including Gunung Leuser National Park, Kerinci Seblat National Park and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park

Israel

Masada
Old City of Acre
White City of Tel Aviv -- the Modern Movement
Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba
Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev
Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls

(The Old City of Jerusalem is within East Jerusalem, which has been under Israeli control since 1967, but is not recognized as Israeli territory by the UN and some countries. The site was proposed as a World Heritage site in 1981 by Jordan, which withdrew its claims to the city in 1988.)