World Heritage in Indonesia

The world heritage in Indonesia (as of 2019) includes nine UNESCO world heritage sites , including five world cultural heritage sites and four world natural heritage sites. Indonesia acceded to the World Heritage Convention in 1989, and the first four World Heritage sites were added to the World Heritage List in 1991. The last World Heritage Site to date was registered in 2019, and one site is on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger .

World heritage sites

The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Indonesia 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
	Ujung Kulon National Park ( location )	1991	N	608	Ujung Kulon National Park is located on the southwest tip of Java Island . The World Heritage site also includes the Krakatau nature reserve north of it .
	Komodo National Park ( location )	1991	N	609	The Komodo National Park is located in the Lesser Sunda Islands . Originally it was founded to protect the Komodo dragons , they only live here.
	Prambanan Hindu Temple ( Lage )	1991	K	642
	Buddhist temples of Borobudur ( location )	1991	K	592
	Sangiran paleontological site	1996	K	593	The excavation site is located on Java and is about 48 km² in size.
	Lorentz National Park	1999	N	955
	Tropical rainforests of Sumatra	2004	N (R)	1167	Gunung Leuser National Park , Kerinci-Seblat National Park and Barisan Selatan National Park
	Cultural landscape of the province of Bali: The Subak system as a manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana philosophy	2012	K	1194	The Subak system on the island of Bali includes the association of landowners, a number of rice fields (sawah) that are terraced in many places and the irrigation system required for this . The world heritage site covers an area of ​​19,500 hectares with five rice terraces and their water temples.
	Mining legacy of the Ombilin colliery in Sawahlunto	2019	K	1610	Coal mining around the town of Sawahlunto , founded by the Dutch colonial power

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

As of 2019, 19 sites are entered in the tentative list of Indonesia, the last entry was made in 2017. 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
	Betung Kerihun National Park	2004	N	1871	Transboundary rainforest on Borneo
(more pictures)	Bunaken National Park ( location )	2005	N	2002
(more pictures)	Raja Ampat Islands ( location )	2005	N	2003
	Taka Bone Rate National Park	2005	N	2005
(more pictures)	Wakatobi National Park ( location )	2005	N	2006
(more pictures)	Derawan Islands	2005	N	2007
	Traditional settlements of Tana Toraja	2009	K	5462	Includes ten traditional settlements or parts thereof such as burial or ceremonial sites in the administrative district of Tana Toraja on the island of Sulawesi
	Bawomataluo site ( location )	2009	K	5463	traditional settlement in the south of the island of Nias
	Muara Takus Complex	2009	K	5464
	Muaro Jambi Temple Complex	2009	K
	Trowulan - Former capital of the Majapahit Kingdom	2009	K	5466	The city of Trowulan on the island of Java was the capital of the Majapahit Empire , which existed from 1293 to the beginning of the 16th century
	Prehistoric cave sites in Maros-Pangkep	2009	N	5467	Caves with prehistoric sites in the limestone mountains Maros-Pangkep
	Sangkulirang – Mangkalihat Karst: Area of ​​prehistoric rock art	2015	K	6009	Sites with rock carvings and petroglyphs in the Sangkulirang – Mangkalihat Karst in the east of the island of Borneo
Town hall of Batavia (further pictures)	Old town of Jakarta and four offshore islands ( location )	2015	K	6010	Present-day Jakarta was the capital of the Dutch East Indies under the name Batavia until Indonesia's independence . Included in the proposal are the islands of Onrust , Kelor , Cipir and Bidadari from the Seribu archipelago off the coast of Jakarta .
(more pictures)	Old town of Semarang	2015	K	6011
	Traditional settlements in Nagari Sijunjung	2015	K
	Historical and marine landscape of the Banda Islands	2015	N	6065	The proposal of the Banda Islands as a natural heritage site, submitted in 2005, was replaced in 2015 by a proposal for a mixed cultural and natural heritage site.
Sultan's Palace	Historic old town of Yogyakarta	2017	K	6206	Historical center of the city of Yogyakarta , capital of the partially autonomous Sultanate of Yogyakarta
	Kebun Raya Bogor	2018	K	6353	Kebun Raya Bogor is a botanical garden in Bogor that was created by the Dutch in the early 19th century.

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
(more pictures)	Lore Lindu National Park ( location )	1991-1991	K / N	610	Decision postponed in 1991
(more pictures)	Ancient city of Banten ( location )	1995-2015	K	286
	Ratu Boko Temple Complex	1995-2015	K	287
	Great Mosque of Demak ( location )	1995-2015	K	289	Mosque in the old town of Demak , one of the oldest mosques in Indonesia.
	Waruga tomb complex	1995-2015	K	292
	Complex of traditional houses and megaliths in Ngada	1995-2015	K	293
	Hindu temple complex Penataran	1995-2015	K	294
	Sukuh Hindu Temple	1995-2015	K	295
	Pura Besakih ( location )	1995-2015	K	296
	Fort Belgica	1995-2015	K	297
	Pulau Penyengat Palace Complex	1995-2015	K	298
	Elephant cave	1995-2015	K	299
	Gunongan Historical Park	1995-2015	K	300

Web links

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

• Indonesia on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Indonesia. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed March 3, 2018 . 
2. ^ Tentative list of Indonesia. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed March 3, 2018 . 
3. ^ Former Tentative Sites of Indonesia. In: World Heritage Site. Retrieved March 3, 2018 . 

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