- Table of World Heritage Sites based on State Parties
As of 2008, there are a total of 878
World Heritage Site s located in 145 "State Parties". [According to UNESCO World Heritage Site, [http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/ States Parties] are countries that signed and ratified [http://whc.unesco.org/en/convention/ The World Heritage Convention] . As of November 2007, there are a total of 185 States Parties.] [http://whc.unesco.org/en/list World Heritage List] , UNESCO World Heritage Sites official sites.] Of these, 679 are cultural, 174 are natural and 25 are mixed properties. Further site classification includes the classification of the State Parties among five geographic zones:Africa ,Arab States (composed ofArab League members),Asia-Pacific (includingAustralia ,New Zealand andOceania ),Europe ,North America (specifically theUSA andCanada ;Mexico is classified in the final category), andLatin America and theCaribbean ."Note: The above maps are current as of 2007. Transboundary sites have been redistributed among the concerned countries, hence, have been counted multiple times.
ee also
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World Heritage Site
*List of World Heritage Sites in Africa
*List of World Heritage Sites in the Americas
*List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia
*List of World Heritage Sites in Europe
*List of World Heritage Sites in danger
*List of conservation topics Notes and references
External links
* [http://whc.unesco.org UNESCO World Heritage Sites] — Official website
* [http://whc.unesco.org/en/list List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites] — Official website
* [http://www.worldheritagesite.org World Heritage Site] — World Heritage Details website
* [http://www.world-heritage-tour.org WHTour] — The World Heritage List in panographies and virtual tours
* [http://www.vrheritage.org VRheritage.org] — Documentation of World Heritage Sites
* [http://worldheritage-forum.net/en/ Worldheritage-Forum] — Weblog and Information on World Heritage Issues
* [http://www.thesalmons.org/lynn/world.heritage.html UNESCO World Heritage List] — Complete list with links and map of all sites
* [http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/kml whc.unesco.org] — The Official World Heritage List in Google Earth ( [http://whc.unesco.org/fr/list/kml en français] )
* [http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/download.php?Number=38862 whc.kmz] — The World Heritage List in Google Earth ( [http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/download.php?Number=195484 en français] )
* [http://law-ref.org/HERITAGE/index.html Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage at Law-Ref.org] — Fully indexed and crosslinked with other documents
* [http://www.ovpm.org/ Organization of World Heritage Cities] — Dealing with urban sites onlyLists of World Heritage Sites
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