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World Heritage inscriptions of the 2000s

259 properties from the Committee sessions of 2000–2009, in order of inscription, across 110 countries.

Cultural 208Natural 48Mixed 3

Site	Country	Year	Type	Criteria
Aeolian Islands	Italy	2000	Natural	viii
Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui - Xidi and Hongcun	China	2000	Cultural	iii iv v
Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco	Spain	2000	Cultural	ii iii
Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba	Cuba	2000	Cultural	iii iv
Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites	Italy	2000	Cultural	i ii iii iv vi
Atapuerca	Spain	2000	Cultural	iii v
Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve	Slovakia	2000	Cultural	iii iv
Blaenavon Industrial Landscape	United Kingdom	2000	Cultural	iii iv
Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí	Spain	2000	Cultural	ii iv
Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots	Armenia	2000	Cultural	ii iii
Central Amazon Conservation Complex	Brazil	2000	Natural	ix x
Central Suriname Nature Reserve	Suriname	2000	Natural	ix x
Churches of Chiloé	Chile	2000	Cultural	ii iii
Curonian Spit	Lithuania Russia	2000	Cultural	v
Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm	Germany	2000	Cultural	ii iv
Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs	Hungary	2000	Cultural	iii iv
Ferapontov Monastery	Russia Soviet Union	2000	Cultural	i iv
Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites	South Korea	2000	Cultural	iii
Greater Blue Mountains Area	Australia	2000	Natural	ix x
Gunung Mulu National Park	Malaysia	2000	Natural	vii viii ix x
Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu	Japan	2000	Cultural	ii iii vi
Gyeongju Historic Areas	South Korea	2000	Cultural	ii iii
High Coast/Kvarken Archipelago	Finland Sweden	2000	Natural	viii
Historic Centre of Arequipa	Peru	2000	Cultural	i iv
Historic Centre of Brugge	Belgium	2000	Cultural	ii iv vi
Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc	Czechia	2000	Cultural	i iv
Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties	China	2000	Cultural	i ii iii iv vi
Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks	Argentina	2000	Natural	viii
Island of Saint-Louis	Senegal	2000	Cultural	ii iv
Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba	Argentina	2000	Cultural	ii iv
Kinabalu Park	Malaysia	2000	Natural	ix x
Kronborg Castle	Denmark	2000	Cultural	iv
Land of Frankincense	Oman	2000	Cultural	iii iv
Longmen Grottoes	China	2000	Cultural	i ii iii
Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta	Belgium	2000	Cultural	i ii iv
Maloti-Drakensberg Park	Lesotho South Africa	2000	Mixed	i iii vii x
Mir Castle Complex	Belarus	2000	Cultural	ii iv
Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley	Armenia	2000	Cultural	ii
Neolithic flint mines of Spiennes	Belgium	2000	Cultural	i iii iv
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park	Bolivia	2000	Natural	ix x
Palmeral of Elche	Spain	2000	Cultural	ii v
Pantanal	Brazil Bolivia Paraguay	2000	Natural	vii ix x
Qazan Kremlin	Russia	2000	Cultural	ii iii iv
Qingchengshan-Dujiangyan National Park	China	2000	Cultural	ii iv vi
Reichenau Island	Germany	2000	Cultural	iii iv vi
Rietveld Schröder House	Netherlands	2000	Cultural	i ii
Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	2000	Cultural	iv
Ruínas de León Viejo	Nicaragua	2000	Cultural	iii iv
Shahrisabz	Uzbekistan Soviet Union	2000	Cultural	iii iv
Southern Öland cultural landscape	Sweden	2000	Cultural	iv v
St George and Related Fortifications	United Kingdom	2000	Cultural	iv
Stone Town	Tanzania	2000	Cultural	ii iii vi
The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes	France	2000	Cultural	i ii iv
Three Castles of Bellinzona	Switzerland	2000	Cultural	iv
Tiwanaku	Bolivia	2000	Cultural	iii iv
Tournai Cathedral	Belgium	2000	Cultural	ii iv
University City of Caracas	Venezuela	2000	Cultural	i iv
Verona	Italy	2000	Cultural	ii iv
Wachau	Austria	2000	Cultural	ii iv
Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshahs' Palace and Maiden Tower	Azerbaijan	2000	Cultural	iv
Šibenik Cathedral	Croatia	2000	Cultural	i ii iv
Acre	Israel	2001	Cultural	ii iii
Alexander von Humboldt National Park	Cuba	2001	Natural	ix x
Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	2001	Cultural	iii iv v
Ambohimanga	Madagascar	2001	Cultural	iii iv vi
Aranjuez Cultural Landscape	Spain	2001	Cultural	ii iv
Central Sikhote-Alin	Russia	2001	Natural	x
Champasak cultural landscape	Laos	2001	Cultural	iii iv vi
Churches of Peace	Poland	2001	Cultural	iii iv vi
Derwent Valley Mills	United Kingdom	2001	Cultural	ii iv
Falun Mine	Sweden	2001	Cultural	ii iii iv v
Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape	Austria Hungary	2001	Cultural	v
Historic Centre of Guimarães and Couros Zone	Portugal	2001	Cultural	ii iii iv
Historic Centre of Vienna	Austria	2001	Cultural	ii iv vi
Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás	Brazil	2001	Cultural	ii iv
Jungfrau-Aletsch protected area	Switzerland	2001	Natural	vii viii ix
Jurassic Coast	United Kingdom	2001	Natural	viii
Kasubi Tombs	Uganda	2001	Cultural	i iii iv vi
Lamu Old Town	Kenya	2001	Cultural	ii iv vi
Masada	Israel	2001	Cultural	iii iv vi
Medina of Essaouira	Morocco	2001	Cultural	ii iv
New Lanark	United Kingdom	2001	Cultural	ii iv vi
Provins	France	2001	Cultural	ii iv
Rocas Atoll	Brazil	2001	Natural	vii ix x
Saltaire	United Kingdom	2001	Cultural	ii iv
Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures	Uzbekistan	2001	Cultural	i ii iv
Tsodilo	Botswana	2001	Cultural	i iii vi
Villa Tugendhat	Czechia	2001	Cultural	ii iv
Villa d'Este	Italy	2001	Cultural	i ii iii iv vi
Yungang Grottoes	China	2001	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex	Germany	2001	Cultural	ii iii
Calakmul	Mexico	2002	Mixed	i ii iii iv ix x
Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar	Germany	2002	Cultural	ii iv
Historic Inner City of Paramaribo in danger	Suriname	2002	Cultural	ii iv
Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto	Italy	2002	Cultural	i ii iv v
Mahabodhi Temple	India	2002	Cultural	i ii iii iv vi
Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam in danger	Afghanistan	2002	Cultural	ii iii iv
Rhine Gorge	Germany	2002	Cultural	ii iv v
Saint Catherine Area	Egypt	2002	Cultural	i iii iv vi
Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape	Hungary	2002	Cultural	iii v
Assur in danger	Iraq	2003	Cultural	iii iv
Bhimbetka rock shelters	India	2003	Cultural	iii v
Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley in danger	Afghanistan	2003	Cultural	i ii iii iv vi
Derbent Lighthouse	Russia Soviet Union	2003	Cultural	iii iv
Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda	Mexico	2003	Cultural	ii iii
Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region	Sudan	2003	Cultural	i ii iii iv vi
Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso	Chile	2003	Cultural	iii
Jewish Quarter and St Procopius' Basilica in Třebíč	Czechia	2003	Cultural	ii iii
Kew Gardens	United Kingdom	2003	Cultural	ii iii iv
Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites	Gambia	2003	Cultural	iii vi
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape	South Africa	2003	Cultural	ii iii iv v
Matobo Hills	Zimbabwe	2003	Cultural	iii v vi
Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi	Kazakhstan	2003	Cultural	i iii iv
Monte San Giorgio	Switzerland	2003	Natural	viii
Phong Nha–Ke Bang National Park	Vietnam	2003	Natural	viii ix x
Purnululu National Park	Australia	2003	Natural	vii viii
Quebrada de Humahuaca	Argentina	2003	Cultural	ii iv v
Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	2003	Cultural	i ii iv
Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy	Italy	2003	Cultural	ii iv
Takht-e Soleyman	Iran	2003	Cultural	i ii iii iv vi
Three Parallel Rivers National Park	China	2003	Natural	vii viii ix x
Uvs Nuur Basin	Russia Mongolia	2003	Natural	ix x
White City	Israel	2003	Cultural	ii iv
Wooden churches of Southern Lesser Poland	Poland	2003	Cultural	iii iv
Bam	Iran	2004	Cultural	ii iii iv v
Cape Floristic Kingdom	South Africa	2004	Natural	ix x
Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom	China	2004	Cultural	i ii iii iv v
Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park	India	2004	Cultural	iii iv v vi
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in danger	India	2004	Cultural	ii iv
Cultural Reserve of Kernavė	Lithuania	2004	Cultural	iii iv
Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia	Italy	2004	Cultural	i iii iv
Goguryeo tombs	North Korea	2004	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Grimeton VLF transmitter	Sweden	2004	Cultural	ii iv
Ilulissat Icefjord	Greenland	2004	Natural	vii viii
Koutammakou	Togo Benin	2004	Cultural	v vi
Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture	Portugal	2004	Cultural	iii iv
Luis Barragán House and Studio	Mexico	2004	Cultural	i ii
Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	Andorra	2004	Cultural	v
Mazagan	Morocco	2004	Cultural	ii iv
Medieval Monuments in Kosovo in danger	Serbia	2004	Cultural	ii iii iv
Muskau Park	Germany Poland	2004	Cultural	i iv
Novodevichy Convent	Russia Soviet Union	2004	Cultural	i iv vi
Orkhon Valley	Mongolia	2004	Cultural	ii iii iv
Pasargadae	Iran	2004	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Pitons	Saint Lucia	2004	Natural	vii viii
Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens	Australia	2004	Cultural	ii
Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range	Japan	2004	Cultural	ii iii iv vi
Tamgaly	Kazakhstan	2004	Cultural	iii
Thingvellir National Park	Iceland	2004	Cultural	iii vi
Tomb of Askia in danger	Mali	2004	Cultural	ii iii iv
Town Hall of Bremen	Germany	2004	Cultural	iii iv vi
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra in danger	Indonesia	2004	Natural	vii ix x
Umm ar-Rasas	Jordan	2004	Cultural	i iv vi
Val d'Orcia	Italy	2004	Cultural	iv vi
Vega Archipelago	Norway	2004	Cultural	v
Zapovednik Wrangel Island	Russia Soviet Union	2004	Natural	ix x
Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh	Belarus	2005	Cultural	ii iv vi
Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba	Israel	2005	Cultural	ii iii iv vi
Coiba	Panama	2005	Natural	ix x
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex	Thailand	2005	Natural	x
Historic Centre of Cienfuegos	Cuba	2005	Cultural	ii iv
Historic Centre of Macao	China	2005	Cultural	ii iii iv vi
Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastër	Albania	2005	Cultural	iii iv
Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works	Chile	2005	Cultural	ii iii iv
Incense Route – Desert Cities in the Negev	Israel	2005	Cultural	iii v
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California in danger	Mexico	2005	Natural	vii ix x
Köneürgenç	Turkmenistan	2005	Cultural	ii iii
Museum Plantin-Moretus	Belgium	2005	Cultural	ii iii iv vi
Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2005	Cultural	vi
Osun-Osogbo Grove	Nigeria	2005	Cultural	ii iii vi
Qal’at al Bahrain	Bahrain	2005	Cultural	ii iii iv
Shiretoko	Japan	2005	Natural	ix x
Soltaniyeh	Iran	2005	Cultural	ii iii iv
Struve Geodetic Arc	Russia Belarus Finland+7	2005	Cultural	ii iii vi
Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica	Italy	2005	Cultural	ii iii iv vi
Vredefort crater	South Africa	2005	Natural	viii
Wadi Al-Hitan	Egypt	2005	Natural	viii
West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord	Norway	2005	Natural	vii viii
historical centre of Yaroslavl	Russia	2005	Cultural	ii iv
reconstructed center of Le Havre	France	2005	Cultural	ii iv
Aapravasi Ghat	Mauritius	2006	Cultural	vi
Aflaj Irrigation System of Oman	Oman	2006	Cultural	v
Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila	Mexico	2006	Cultural	ii iv v vi
Behistun	Iran	2006	Cultural	ii iii
Centennial Hall	Poland	2006	Cultural	i ii iv
Chongoni Rock Art Area	Malawi	2006	Cultural	iii vi
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape	United Kingdom	2006	Cultural	ii iii iv
Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din in danger	Syria	2006	Cultural	ii iv
Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli	Italy	2006	Cultural	ii iv
Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town	Ethiopia	2006	Cultural	ii iii iv v
Kondoa Rock Art Sites	Tanzania	2006	Cultural	iii vi
Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary	Colombia	2006	Natural	vii ix
Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof	Germany	2006	Cultural	ii iii iv
Sewell	Chile	2006	Cultural	ii
Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries	China	2006	Natural	x
Stone Circles of Senegambia	Gambia Senegal	2006	Cultural	i iii
Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	2006	Cultural	i ii
Yinxu	China	2006	Cultural	ii iii iv vi
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe	Germany Slovakia Ukraine+15	2007	Natural	ix
Ciudad Universitaria	Mexico	2007	Cultural	i ii iv
Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda	Gabon	2007	Mixed	iii iv ix x
Gamzigrad	Serbia	2007	Cultural	iii iv
Gobustan State Historical and Cultural Reserve	Azerbaijan	2007	Cultural	iii
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine	Japan	2007	Cultural	ii iii v
Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes	South Korea	2007	Natural	vii viii
Kaiping Diaolou and Villages	China	2007	Cultural	ii iii iv
Lavaux	Switzerland	2007	Cultural	iii iv v
Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2007	Cultural	ii iv
Nisa	Turkmenistan	2007	Cultural	ii iii
Old town of Corfu	Greece	2007	Cultural	iv
Rainforests of the Atsinanana	Madagascar	2007	Natural	ix x
Red Fort	India	2007	Cultural	ii iii vi
Richtersveld	South Africa	2007	Cultural	iv v
Rideau Canal World Heritage Site	Canada	2007	Cultural	i iv
Samarra in danger	Iraq	2007	Cultural	ii iii iv
South China Karst	China	2007	Natural	vii viii
Sydney Opera House	Australia	2007	Cultural	i
Teide National Park	Spain	2007	Natural	vii viii
Twyfelfontein	Namibia	2007	Cultural	iii v
port of the Moon	France	2007	Cultural	ii iv
Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran	Iran	2008	Cultural	ii iii vi
Bahá'í World Centre buildings	Israel	2008	Cultural	iii vi
Berlin Modernism Housing Estates	Germany	2008	Cultural	ii iv
Chief Roi Mata’s Domain	Vanuatu	2008	Cultural	iii v vi
Fortifications of Vauban	France	2008	Cultural	i ii iv
Fujian Tulou sites	China	2008	Cultural	iii iv v
Glarus thrust	Switzerland	2008	Natural	viii
Hegra	Saudi Arabia	2008	Cultural	ii iii
Historic Centre of Camagüey	Cuba	2008	Cultural	iv v
Joggins Fossil Cliffs	Canada	2008	Natural	viii
Kuk Swamp	Papua New Guinea	2008	Cultural	iii iv
Le Morne Brabant	Mauritius	2008	Cultural	iii vi
Mantua and Sabbioneta	Italy	2008	Cultural	ii iii
Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca	Malaysia	2008	Cultural	ii iii iv
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve	Mexico	2008	Natural	vii
Mount Sanqing	China	2008	Natural	vii
New Caledonia Barrier Reef	France	2008	Natural	vii ix x
Preah Vihear Temple	Cambodia	2008	Cultural	i
Protective town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco	Mexico	2008	Cultural	ii iv
Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes	Italy Switzerland	2008	Cultural	ii iv
Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests	Kenya	2008	Cultural	iii v vi
San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano	San Marino	2008	Cultural	iii
Saryarka – Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	2008	Natural	ix x
Socotra Archipelago	Yemen South Yemen	2008	Natural	x
Stari Grad Plain	Croatia	2008	Cultural	ii iii v
Surtsey	Iceland	2008	Natural	ix
wooden churches of the Slovak Carpathians	Slovakia	2008	Cultural	iii iv
Caral	Peru	2009	Cultural	ii iii iv
Cidade Velha	Cape Verde	2009	Cultural	ii iii vi
La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	2009	Cultural	iv
Mount Wutai	China	2009	Cultural	ii iii iv vi
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct	United Kingdom	2009	Cultural	i ii iv
Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty	South Korea	2009	Cultural	iii iv vi
Ruins of Loropéni	Burkina Faso	2009	Cultural	iii
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System	Iran	2009	Cultural	i ii v
Stoclet Palace	Belgium	2009	Cultural	i ii
Sulaiman-Too	Kyrgyzstan	2009	Cultural	iii vi
Tower of Hercules	Spain	2009	Cultural	iii
Wadden Sea	Denmark Germany Netherlands	2009	Natural	viii ix x

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