World Heritage sites inscribed in 2012

26 properties from the 2012 session are on the List today: 20 cultural, 5 natural, 1 mixed.

Site	Country	Type	Criteria
Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong Valley	Malaysia	Cultural	iii iv
Bahrain Pearling Trail	Bahrain	Cultural	iii
Bassari Country	Senegal	Cultural	iii v vi
Chengjiang Fossil Site	China	Natural	viii
Church of the Nativity	Palestine	Cultural	iv vi
Cultural Landscape of Bali Province: the Subak System as a Manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana Philosophy	Indonesia	Cultural	ii iii v vi
Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland	Sweden	Cultural	v
Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications	Portugal	Cultural	iv
Gonbad-e Qabus	Iran	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Grand-Pré	Canada	Cultural	v vi
Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija	Slovenia Spain	Cultural	ii iv
Historic town of Grand-Bassam in danger	Côte d'Ivoire	Cultural	iii iv
Jameh Mosque of Isfahan	Iran	Cultural	ii
Lakes of Ounianga	Chad	Natural	vii
Lena Pillars	Russia Soviet Union	Natural	viii
Major Mining Sites of Wallonia	Belgium	Cultural	ii iv
Margravial Opera House	Germany	Cultural	i iv
Rabat	Morocco	Cultural	ii iv
Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea	Brazil	Cultural	v vi
Rock Islands Southern Lagoon	Palau	Mixed	iii v vii ix x
Sangha Trinational	Cameroon Republic of the Congo Central African Republic	Natural	ix x
Tell es-Sultan	Palestine	Cultural	iii iv
Western Ghats	India	Natural	ix x
Xanadu	China	Cultural	ii iii iv vi
northern French coal mining region	France	Cultural	ii iv vi
Çatalhöyük	Türkiye	Cultural	iii iv

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