World Heritage in Saudi Arabia

The world heritage in Saudi Arabia (as of 2018) includes five UNESCO world heritage sites , all of which are world cultural heritage sites. Saudi Arabia acceded to the World Heritage Convention in 1978, and the first World Heritage site was added to the World Heritage List in 2008. The last World Heritage site to date was registered in 2018.

World heritage sites

The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Saudi Arabia 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
(more pictures)	Al-Hijr archaeological site	2008	K	1293
	District at-Turaif in Diriyya	2010	K	1329	Historical part of Diriyya
(more pictures)	Old town of Jeddah, the gate to Mecca	2014	K	1361	Historical center of the city of Jeddah
	Rock carvings in the Ha'il province of Saudi Arabia	2015	K	1472	Rock carvings at Jebel Umm Sinman near Jubbah as well as Jebel al-Manjor and Jebel Raat near Shuwaymis in the Ha'il province
	Al-Ahsa Oasis, a developing cultural landscape	2018	K	1563	The Al-Ahsa landscape in eastern Saudi Arabia, which is equipped with canals, gardens, springs, fountains, and a drainage lake, has been inhabited since the Neolithic and, with more than 2.5 million palm trees, is considered the largest oasis in the world.

Tentative list

The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list . As of 2018, eleven sites are entered in the tentative list of Saudi Arabia, 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
	Darb Zubayda	2015	K	6025	Sites on the pilgrimage route for the Hajj from Kufa to Mecca
(more pictures)	Hejaz Railway	2015	K	6026
	Syrian Hajj route	2015	K	6027	Sites on the pilgrimage route for the Hajj from Damascus to Mecca , meets the Egyptian Hajj route after Medina
	Egyptian Hajj route	2015	K	6028	Sites on the pilgrimage route for the Hajj from the city of Haql on the Gulf of Aqaba to Mecca
	Pre-Islamic city of al-Faw (Qariah)	2015	K	6029	in central Arabia
	Historical place Rijal Almaa	2015	K	6030	in the province of Asir
	Historical place Zee Ain	2015	K	6031	in the province of Baha
	Bir Hima rock art site ( location )	2015	K	6033	in Najran
	Historical oases of Dumat al-Jandal	2015	K	6034	in the province of al-Jauf
	'Uruq Bani Ma'arid Sanctuary	2019	N	6369	in the province of Riyadh and Najran
	Farasan Islands Protected Area	2019	N	6370	in Jazan Province

Web links

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

• Saudi Arabia on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Saudi Arabia. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 17, 2017 . 
2. ^ Tentative list of Saudi Arabia. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 17, 2017 . 

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap