World Heritage Sites are listed by UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. 911 sites have been listed as of 2010. They are managed by their home countries.
There are 206 natural World Heritage sites.
when and why are the world heritage sites in Egypt?
UNESCO, chooses world heritage sites.
There are 7 world heritage sites in Tanzania.
There are 832 cultural World Heritage sites in the world.
UNESCO says the world heritage sites belong to everyone.
Ireland has 2 World Heritage sites, both are cultural.
Due to the North Mali Conflict, there is currently no agency or group that manages the Timbuktu World Heritage Site, even though that site is in danger of disappearing.
In 2009, there were 890 World Heritage sites; 688 cultural sites, 175 natural sites and 27 mixed sites.
Italy is home to the greatest number of World Heritage Sites, with 50 sites inscribed on the list.
The Chinese government manages the Great Wall of China.
There are 5 steps in the nomination process for world heritage sites.