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World Heritage Sites - Master Data: Year-, Country- and Region-wise Name, Area and other details of Sites Inscribed, since 1978

Dataset Overview

The dataset contains year-, country- and region-wise historically compiled data on the World Heritage Sites (WHS) inscribed by United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) with details such as name, area, latitude, longitude, the selection criteria, and other details of each of the declared WHS. Note: The selection criteria column in the dataset represents cultural cat...

Organisation

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Sectors

International,

Art and Culture

Update Frequency

Yearly

Granularity

Regions

Time Saved

2.5 hours

Number of Rows

3670

Number of Columns

13

Sources

UNESCO- World Heritage Sites

Time Period

1978 to 2023

Units

area in hectares

Last Updated

February, 2026

Related Datasets

World Heritage Sites: Year- and Type-of-area-wise Number of Sites Inscribed, since 1978

Organisation

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Time Period

1978 to 2023

World Heritage Sites: Year- and Country-wise Number of Sites Inscribed, as of 2023

Organisation

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Time Period

2023

World Heritage Sites: Year-, Region- and Type-wise Number of Sites Inscribed, since 1978

Organisation

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Time Period

1978 to 2023

Data Preview

as_on_dateinscribed_yearregioncountryunique_numberworld_heritage_site_namewether_site_in_dangersite_transboundary_statussite_categorysite_criterialongitudelatitudearea_in_hectares
02-02-20262025Asia and the PacificMalaysia2587Forest Research Institute Malaysia Forest Park SelangorNoNoCulturalC4101.62727777783.22925589
02-02-20262025Europe and North AmericaGermany2579The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria: Neuschwanstein, Linderhof, Schachen and HerrenchiemseeNoNoCulturalC410.749444444447.557575.875
02-02-20262025Europe and North AmericaGreece2586Minoan Palatial CentresNoNoCulturalC2, C3, C4, C624.887222222235.248611111129.512
02-02-20262025Asia and the PacificAustralia2607Murujuga Cultural LandscapeNoNoCulturalC1, C3, C5116.6685277778-20.565027777899.881
02-02-20262025Europe and North AmericaRussian Federation2596Rock Paintings of Shulgan-Tash CaveNoNoCulturalC357.072027777853.0494444444288.5
02-02-20262025Asia and the PacificChina2589Xixia Imperial TombsNoNoCulturalC2, C3105.971111111138.41583333333899
02-02-20262025AfricaSierra Leone2600Gola-Tiwai ComplexNoNoNaturalN9, N10-11.34788888897.541166666771202.7
02-02-20262025Latin America and the CaribbeanBrazil2605Peruaçu River CanyonNoNoNaturalN7, N8-44.2083333333-15.07538003
02-02-20262025Asia and the PacificTajikistan2597Cultural Heritage Sites of Ancient KhuttalNoNoCulturalC2, C369.298712777837.7443936111152.409
02-02-20262025Europe and North AmericaTürkiye2584Sardis and the Lydian Tumuli of Bin TepeNoNoCulturalC328.045277777838.48194444449244

Metadata

NameNumber of Distinct ValuesNumber of Unique ValuesTypeCount
as_on_date33Date3670
inscribed_year4646Int643670
region77String3670
country216216String3670
unique_number12821282Int643670
world_heritage_site_name12551255String3670
wether_site_in_danger22String3670
site_transboundary_status22String3670
site_category33String3670
site_criteria109109String3670
longitude12931293Float643667
latitude12901290Float643667
area_in_hectares11201120Float643602

Related Datasets

World Heritage Sites: Year- and Type-of-area-wise Number of Sites Inscribed, since 1978

Organisation

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Time Period

1978 to 2023

World Heritage Sites: Year- and Country-wise Number of Sites Inscribed, as of 2023

Organisation

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Time Period

2023

World Heritage Sites: Year-, Region- and Type-wise Number of Sites Inscribed, since 1978

Organisation

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Time Period

1978 to 2023

Tags

UNESCO
world heritage sites
world heritage site
+10

Citation

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. World Heritage Sites - Master Data: Year-, Country- and Region-wise Name, Area and other details of Sites Inscribed, since 1978 [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/114