World heritage in Algeria

The world heritage in Algeria (as of 2016) includes seven UNESCO world heritage sites , including six cultural heritage sites and one mixed cultural and natural heritage site. The North African state of Algeria ratified the World Heritage Convention in 1974, and the first World Heritage site was registered in 1980. The last World Heritage Site to date was added to the World Heritage List in 1992.

World heritage sites

The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Algeria in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion in the World Heritage List (K - cultural heritage, N - natural heritage, K / N - mixed, (R) - on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger ).

 Map with all coordinates of World Heritage Sites: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
(more pictures)	Kala'a Beni Hammad ( location )	1980	K	102	Ruins of an 11th century mountain fortress in the M'Sila province in northern Algeria.
(more pictures)	Tassili n'Ajjer ( location )	1982	K / N	179	Mountain range in the Sahara in the provinces of Djanet , Illizi and Tamanrasset in Southeast Algeria with prehistoric rock paintings and a very sparse tree population from the endangered endemic species Sahara cypress ( Cupressus dupreziana ) and Sahara myrtle ( Myrtus nivellei ).
	Valley of M'zab	1982	K	188
	Djémila ( location )	1982	K	191	roman ruins in the province of Sétif
	Tipasa	1982	K	193	Ruins of the ancient Roman city of Tipasa. The World Heritage site includes the West Archaeological Park ( Lage ), the East Archaeological Park ( Lage ) and the Kbor er-Roumia , the Royal Mausoleum of Mauritania ( Lage ), about 10 km east of the city .
	Timgad ( location )	1982	K	194	roman ruins in Batna Province
	Kasbah of Algiers ( location )	1992	K	565	Historic city center of the Algerian capital Algiers

Tentative list

The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list .

Current World Heritage candidates

Currently (2016) six sites are entered in the tentative list of Algeria, the last entry was made in 2002. The following table lists the sites in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion in the tentative list.

 Map with all coordinates of current World Heritage candidates: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Foggara Oases and Ksour of the Western Great Erg	2002	K	1772	see Western Great Erg
	Sites, places and routes of the Augustinians in the central Maghreb	2002	K	1773	Includes the former tentative sites : Hippone (Annaba), Basilica of Tabessa, the Thurbersicum Numidorum in Khamissa Soukh Ahras, Tibilis announa Guelma
	Nedroma and the Trara	2002	K	1774
	Wadi Souf	2002	K	1775
	The royal tombs of Numidia, Mauritania and pre-Islamic funeral monuments	2002	K	1776	The Djeddar were nominated as early as 1985
	Park Aurès with the oasis sites in the Ghoufi gorge and in El Qantara	2002	K	1777	Area in the Aurès Mountains

Former World Heritage candidates

These sites were previously on the tentative list, but were withdrawn or rejected by UNESCO. Sites that are included in other entries on the tentative list or that are part of world heritage sites are not taken into account here.

 Map with all coordinates of former World Heritage candidates: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Citadel area of ​​Sétif	1980-1981	K	103	Citadel quarter in the north-eastern city of Sétif
	Sidi bu-Medina	1982-1982	K
	Atlas Mountains, Sahara Atlas	1985-1994	N		Parts of the Atlas Mountains and the Sahara Atlas in Algeria
Great Mosque of Tlemcen (further pictures)	The mosques of Tlemcen	1985-1996	K		The mosques in the western Algerian city of Tlemcen

See also

• UNESCO World Heritage List (Africa)

Web links

Commons : World Heritage Sites in Algeria  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Algeria on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Algeria. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 5, 2017 .  
2. ^ Tentative list of Algeria. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 5, 2017 .  
3. ^ Former Tentative Sites of Algeria. In: World Heritage Site. Retrieved June 5, 2017 .  

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