Israel
Israel has been a State Party to the World Heritage Convention since 1999. With 9 inscribed properties, the country maintains a well-established presence on the World Heritage List. All currently inscribed properties are listed under the Cultural category.
Israel as a State Party to the World Heritage Convention
State Party since: October 6, 1999
Status: Acceptance
Mandates to the World Heritage Committee: 2005-2009
Total of Mandate Years: 4
Total of Mandates: 1
WHC Electoral Group: I (Western Europe/North America)
World Heritage Sites in Israel (9)
Cultural: 9 | Natural: 0 | Mixed: 0
- Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee · Cultural
- Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba · Cultural
- Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves · Cultural
- Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev · Cultural
- Masada · Cultural
- Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of Jewish Renewal · Cultural
- Old City of Acre · Cultural
- Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves · Cultural
- White City of Tel-Aviv – the Modern Movement · Cultural
Map of World Heritage Sites
Tentative World Heritage Sites (18)
- Liftah (Mey Naftoah) – Traditional mountain village · submitted: February 5, 2015
- Ein Karem, a village and its cultural landscape · submitted: February 5, 2015
- The Great Rift Valley - migratory routes - The Hula · submitted: April 15, 2004
- Makhteshim Country · submitted: September 30, 2001
- Triple-arch Gate at Dan & Sources of the Jordan · submitted: June 30, 2000
- Early Synagogues in the Galilee · submitted: June 30, 2000
- The Galilee Journeys of Jesus & the Apostles · submitted: June 30, 2000
- Sea of Galilee & its Ancient Sites · submitted: June 30, 2000
- Horvat Minnim · submitted: June 30, 2000
- Arbel (arbel, nebe shueb, horns of hittim) · submitted: June 30, 2000
- Degania & Nahalal · submitted: June 30, 2000
- Bet She'an · submitted: June 30, 2000
- Caesarea · submitted: June 30, 2000
- White Mosque in Ramle · submitted: June 30, 2000
- Jerusalem* · submitted: June 30, 2000
- Mount Karkom · submitted: June 30, 2000
- Timna · submitted: June 30, 2000
- The Crusader Fortresses · submitted: June 30, 2000
Country Profile Israel
Official Name: State of Israel
Continent: Asia
Subregion: Western Asia
UNESCO Region: Europe and North America
Capital: Jerusalem
Population (2024): 9,974,400
Land Area: 21,640 km²
Currency: Israeli new shekel (ILS)