World Heritage in Malaysia

The world heritage in Malaysia (as of 2016) includes four UNESCO world heritage sites , including two world cultural heritage sites and two world natural heritage sites. Malaysia ratified the World Heritage Convention in 1988, and the first World Heritage site was added to the World Heritage List in 2000. The last World Heritage site to date was registered in 2012.

World heritage sites

The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Malaysia 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 ).

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Kinabalu Park ( location )	2000	N	1012	The Kinabalu is the highest mountain in Malaysia at 4095 meters. The flora around the mountain is very diverse.
	Gunung Mulu National Park	2000	N	1013	The Gunung Mulu is a 2,377 meter high mountain in Malaysia. The mountain is made of sandstone and there is one of the largest cave systems in the world. The Clearwater Cave is about 108 kilometers long. The national park has a size of almost 540 km².
	Malacca and George Town: Historic cities on the Strait of Malacca	2008	K	1223	The old town of Malacca ( Lage ) dates from the Dutch colonial times. In the old town is the Red Square with the red and white Christ Church. George Town ( Lage ) was founded in 1786. In the city center there are mosques, churches, Hindu and Chinese Buddhist temples that are well worth seeing. Both cities are on the Strait of Malacca
	Archaeological heritage in the Lenggong Valley	2012	K	1396	The archaeological sites in the Lenggong Valley span 2 million years of human history, including the oldest finds outside of Africa in four clusters.

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 (2019) five sites are entered in the tentative list of Malaysia, 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.

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	National Park (Taman Negara) of Peninsular Malaysia ( location )	2014	N	5927
	FRIM Selangor Forest Park	2017	K	6174
	Gombak Selangor Quartz Ridge	2017	N	6175
	Royal Belum State Park ( location )	2017	N	6176
	Sungai Buloh Leprosarium	2019	K	6388

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.

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Lanjak Entimau Game Reserve and Batang Ai National Park	2004-2015	N	1988	includes the Lanjak Entimau wildlife sanctuary and the Batang Ai National Park

Web links

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

• Malaysia on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Malaysia. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 30, 2017 . 
2. ^ Tentative list of Malaysia. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 30, 2017 . 
3. ^ Former Tentative Sites of Malaysia. In: World Heritage Site. Retrieved June 30, 2017 . 

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