List of World Heritage Sites in Bangladesh

This is a list of World Heritage Sites in Bangladesh with properties of cultural and natural heritage in Bangladesh as inscribed in UNESCO's World Heritage List or as on the country's tentative list.

World Heritage Sites

The table is sortable by column by clicking on the at the top of the appropriate column; alphanumerically for the Site, Area, and Year columns; by state party for the Location column; and by criteria type for the Criteria column. Transborder sites sort at the bottom.

Site; named after the World Heritage Committee's official designation[1]
Location; at city, regional, or provincial level and geocoordinates
Criteria; as defined by the World Heritage Committee[2]
Area; in hectares and acres. If available, the size of the buffer zone has been noted as well. A value of zero implies that no data has been published by UNESCO
Year; during which the site was inscribed to the World Heritage List
Description; brief information about the site, including reasons for qualifying as an endangered site, if applicable
Site Image Location Criteria Area
ha (acre)		 Year Description Refs
Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat
Building of red bricks with a roof consisting of many white domes. There are small round towers on the corners of the building each crowned by a white cupola.
 Bagerhat District, Khulna Division
22°40′0″N 89°48′0″E / 22.66667°N 89.80000°E / 22.66667; 89.80000 (Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat)		 Cultural:
(iv)
—
 1985 [3]
Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur
Ruins of a structure of red stone now resembling a small hill or mound.
 Naogaon District, Rajshahi Division
25°2′0″N 88°59′0″E / 25.03333°N 88.98333°E / 25.03333; 88.98333 (Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur)		 Cultural:
(i), (ii), (vi)
—
 1985 [4]
The Sundarbans
Boat on a river in a densely forested plain.
 Khulna Division
21°57′0″N 89°11′0″E / 21.95000°N 89.18333°E / 21.95000; 89.18333 (The Sundarbans)		 Natural:
(ix), (x)		 139,500 (345,000) 1997 [5]

Tentative sites

Member states can maintain a list of tentative sites that the World Heritage Committee may consider for nomination to the World Heritage list. Nominations for the list are only accepted if the site was previously included in the tentative list.[6] As of 2014, following 5 sites are present in the tentative list;[7]

Name Image Region Category Year submitted Description Reference
Halud Vihara Rajshahi Division Cultural 1999 [8]
Jaggadala Vihara Rajshahi Division Cultural 1999 [9]
Lalbagh Fort Dhaka Division Cultural 1999 [10]
Mahansthangarh and its Environs Rajshahi Division Cultural 1999 [11]
The Lalmai-Mainamati Group of monuments Comilla region Cultural 1999 [12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "World Heritage List". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  2. ↑ "The Criteria for Selection". UNESCO. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  3. ↑ "Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  4. ↑ "Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  5. ↑ "The Sundarbans". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  6. ↑ "Tentative Lists". UNESCO. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  7. ↑ "Tentative Lists". UNESCO. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  8. ↑ "Halud Vihara". UNESCO. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "Jaggadala Vihara". UNESCO. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  10. ↑ "Lalbagh Fort". UNESCO. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  11. ↑ "Mahansthangarh and its Environs". UNESCO. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  12. ↑ "The Lalmai-Mainamati Group of monuments". UNESCO. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
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