The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities
A World Heritage Site in Iraq, inscribed in 2016 as a Mixed Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Iraq
- Region
- Arab States
- Inscribed
- 2016
- Category
- Mixed Site
- Criteria
- (iii)(v)(ix)(x)
- Property area
- approx. 2,115 km² (211,544 ha)
- Component parts
- 7
- Coordinates
- 31.5622, 47.6578
- UNESCO ID
- 1481
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
- Les Ahwar du sud de l’Iraq : refuge de biodiversité et paysage relique des villes mésopotamiennes
- Spanish
- Refugio de biodiversidad de los “ahwar” y paisaje arqueológico de las ciudades mesopotámicas del Iraq Meridional
- Chinese
- 伊拉克南部Ahwar：生态多样性避难所和美索不达米亚城市遗迹景观
Other World Heritage Sites in Iraq
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