Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra
A World Heritage Site in Indonesia, inscribed in 2004 as a Natural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Region
- Asia and the Pacific
- Inscribed
- 2004
- Category
- Natural Site
- Criteria
- (vii)(ix)(x)
- Property area
- approx. 25,951 km² (2,595,124 ha)
- Component parts
- 3
- Coordinates
- -2.5000, 101.5000
- UNESCO ID
- 1167
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Names in other languages
- French
- Patrimoine des forêts tropicales ombrophiles de Sumatra
- Spanish
- Patrimonio de los bosques lluviosos tropicales de Sumatra
- Chinese
- 苏门答腊热带雨林
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- Komodo National Park (1991)
- Lorentz National Park (1999)
- Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto (2019)
- Prambanan Temple Compounds (1991)
- Sangiran Early Man Site (1996)
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- Ujung Kulon National Park (1991)
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