World Heritage in Kuwait

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Kuwait ratified the World Heritage Convention in 2002. So far (as of 2016) no site in Kuwait has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage .

Tentative list

The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list . Currently (2017) four sites are entered in the tentative list of Kuwait, 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 (K - cultural heritage, N - natural heritage, K / N - mixed).

image designation year Type Ref. description
Sa'ad and Sae'ed areas on Failaka Island
Sa'ad and Sae'ed areas on Failaka Island 2013 K 5800 comprises six archaeological sites and one building on Failaka Island in the Persian Gulf about 20 km east of Kuwait City
Abradj al-Kuwait
Abradj al-Kuwait 2014 K 5933 Group of water towers in Kuwait City
Palace of Sheikh Abdullah al Jabir 2015 K 6005
Boubyan Island and Mubarak Al-Kabeer Marine Reserve 2017 N 6257

Web links

  • Kuwait on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

  1. Kuwait. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 2017 .
  2. ^ Tentative list of Kuwait. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 2017 .