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(Q25933006)

English

Ahwar of Southern Iraq

A World Heritage Site in Iraq

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image
Ur-Nassiriyah.jpg
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media legend
Ruïnes d'Ur (Catalan)
The ruins of Ur, with the [[Ziggurat of Ur]] visible in the background (English)
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country
Iraq
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coordinate location

Map

31°33'43.999"N, 47°39'28.001"E
1 reference
reference URL
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1481
heritage designation
World Heritage Site
start time
2016
official name
The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities (English)
Les Ahwar du sud de l’Iraq : refuge de biodiversité et paysage relique des villes mésopotamiennes (French)
الأهوار جنوب العراق: تعد هذه المسطحات المائية مثالاً على التنوّع البيولوجي والمناظر الخلّابة لمدن بلاد الرافدين (Arabic)
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 (Chinese)
Месопотамские болота на юге Ирака: центр биоразнообразия и реликтовые ландшафты городов Месопотамии (Russian)
Refugio de biodiversidad de los “ahwar” y paisaje arqueológico de las ciudades mesopotámicas del Iraq Meridional (Spanish)
南イラクのアフワール：生物の避難所と古代メソポタミア都市景観の残影 (Japanese)
De Ahwar van Zuid-Irak: schuilplaats van biodiversiteit en archeologisch landschap van Mesopotamische steden (Dutch)
World Heritage criteria
World Heritage selection criterion (iii)
World Heritage selection criterion (v)
World Heritage selection criterion (ix)
World Heritage selection criterion (x)
1 reference
reference URL
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1481
title
The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities (English)
retrieved
6 August 2017
publisher
UNESCO
area
211,544 hectare
applies to part
World Heritage Site
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World Heritage criteria
World Heritage selection criterion (iii)
1 reference
reference URL
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1481
title
The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities (English)
retrieved
6 August 2017
publisher
UNESCO
World Heritage selection criterion (v)
1 reference
reference URL
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1481
title
The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities (English)
retrieved
6 August 2017
publisher
UNESCO
World Heritage selection criterion (ix)
1 reference
reference URL
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1481
title
The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities (English)
retrieved
6 August 2017
publisher
UNESCO
World Heritage selection criterion (x)
1 reference
reference URL
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1481
title
The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities (English)
retrieved
6 August 2017
publisher
UNESCO
has part(s)
Hawizeh Marshes
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Central Marshes
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Uruk
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Ur
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Eridu
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Identifiers

World Heritage Site ID
1481
1 reference
reference URL
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1481
title
The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities (English)
retrieved
6 August 2017
publisher
UNESCO
 
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