World Heritage in Myanmar
The World Heritage in Myanmar (as of 2019) includes two UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Myanmar acceded to the World Heritage Convention in 1994, and the last World Heritage site to date was added to the World Heritage List in 2019.
World heritage sites
The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Myanmar 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 |
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Historic cities of the Pyu | 2014 | K | 1444 | includes the ruined cities of Sri Ksetra , Halin and Beikthano-myo of the Pyu people, who formed one of the first advanced civilizations in Southeast Asia in the first millennium AD. | |
Bagan ( location ) |
2019 | K | 1588 | historic royal city from the 9th to 13th centuries in the Nyaung U district with over two thousand preserved sacred buildings made of brick |
Tentative list
The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list . Currently (2018) 16 sites are entered in the tentative list of Myanmar, the last entry was made in 2018. 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
Web links
- Myanmar on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Myanmar. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Myanmar tentative list. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 29, 2017 .