World Heritage in Bahrain

The World Heritage in Bahrain (as of 2019) includes three UNESCO World Heritage sites , all of which are world cultural heritage sites. Bahrain ratified the World Heritage Convention in 1991, and the first World Heritage site was added to the World Heritage List in 2005. The last World Heritage site to date was registered in 2019.

World heritage sites

The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Bahrain in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion on 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
	Qal'at al-Bahrain - ancient port and capital of Dilmun ( location )	2005	K	1192	Only a part of the approximately 17.5 hectare hill of ruins has been excavated so far. The ancient port and capital of Dilmun represent an exceptional archaeological site that shows that this place has been inhabited for more than 4000 years.
	Pearl fishing as evidence of an island economy	2012	K	1364	includes 17 buildings, three oyster beds, parts of the coast and the southern tip of the island of al-Muharraq , which are associated with pearl farming .
	Dilmun burial mound	2019	K	1542	The burial mounds of Dilmun comprise 21 necropolises and royal tombs in western Bahrain. They belong to the early Dilmun civilization and were established between 2050 and 1750 BC. Built in BC.

Tentative list

The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list . Currently (2019) seven sites are entered in the tentative list of Bahrain, the last entry was in 2019. 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
	Madinat Hamad burial ground	2001	K	1568
	Barbarian Temple ( location )	2001	K	1570
	Saar Heritage Park	2001	K	1571
	Hawar Islands Reserve ( location )	2001	N	1579
	Manama, city of commerce, multiculturalism and religious coexistence	2018	K	6354
	Awali - petroleum settlement	2019	K	6397

Web links

Commons : World Heritage Sites in Bahrain  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Bahrain on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bahrain. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 17, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Tentative List of Bahrain. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 17, 2017 . 

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap