Samarra Archaeological City
A World Heritage Site in Iraq, inscribed in 2007 as a Cultural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Iraq
- Region
- Arab States
- Inscribed
- 2007
- Category
- Cultural Site
- Criteria
- (ii)(iii)(iv)
- Property area
- approx. 151 km² (15,058 ha)
- Component parts
- 10
- Coordinates
- 34.3410, 43.8235
- UNESCO ID
- 276
Source: factual data from UNESCO DataHub (whc001 / CC BY-SA 4.0). This site uses only factual information such as names, countries, inscription years and categories. No official UNESCO/WHC descriptions, photographs or logos are used.
Names in other languages
- French
- Ville archéologique de Samarra
- Spanish
- Ciudad arqueológica de Samarra
- Chinese
- 萨迈拉古城
Other World Heritage Sites in Iraq
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