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M'zab

Cultural World Heritage property in Algeria, inscribed in 1982 under criteria (ii), (iii), (v).

M'zab, Algeria
Photo: Camille Gillet · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Algeria
Year of inscription
1982
Criteria
iiiiiv
Area of property
665 ha
Location
Ghardaïa Province
What it is
valley, archaeological site
Component parts
27 (serial property)
Official website
opvm.dz/
Reference
WHC 188 · Wikidata Q724484

Why it is on the List

(ii)Shows a major exchange of ideas — in architecture, technology, art, town planning or landscape design — over time or across a cultural area.(iii)A unique or exceptional witness to a cultural tradition or a civilisation, living or vanished.(v)An outstanding example of a traditional settlement or use of land or sea that represents a culture, especially one now vulnerable.
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Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

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