Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan has been a State Party to the World Heritage Convention since 1994. With 6 inscribed properties, the country maintains a well-established presence on the World Heritage List. Its inscriptions include cultural and natural properties, representing a diverse heritage portfolio. Some of these properties are shared with neighboring countries, demonstrating cooperation across borders in heritage conservation.
Kazakhstan as a State Party to the World Heritage Convention
State Party since: April 29, 1994
Status: Acceptance
Mandates to the World Heritage Committee: 2013-2017, 2023-2027
Total of Mandate Years: 8
Total of Mandates: 2
WHC Electoral Group: IV (Asia/Pacific)
World Heritage Sites in Kazakhstan (6)
Cultural: 3 | Natural: 3 | Mixed: 0
- Cold Winter Deserts of Turan · Natural (Transboundary)
- Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi · Cultural
- Petroglyphs of the Archaeological Landscape of Tanbaly · Cultural
- Saryarka – Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan · Natural
- Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor · Cultural (Transboundary)
- Western Tien-Shan · Natural (Transboundary)
Map of World Heritage Sites
Tentative World Heritage Sites (15)
- Sacred Timber Architecture of Central Asia: Islamic and Christian Traditions at the Turn of the 19th-20th Centuries · submitted: December 26, 2025
- Petroglyphs of Zhetysu (Kulzhabasy, Eshkiolmes, and Bayan-Zhurek) · submitted: October 28, 2025
- Petroglyphs of the Karatau Range (Arpaozen and Sauyskandyk) · submitted: October 28, 2025
- Monumental Monuments and Sanctuaries of the Early Steppe Tradition of Central Eurasia (Mausoleum of Kozy-Korpesh–Bayan Sulu, Ritual Structure Dombauyl, and related “Dyng” Towers) · submitted: October 28, 2025
- Medeu – Complex of Mudflow Protection Engineering Structures · submitted: October 28, 2025
- Architectural Resilience: The Anti-seismic Heritage of Almaty · submitted: October 28, 2025
- Abylaikit Monastery · submitted: August 25, 2021
- Cultural Landscape of Ulytau · submitted: August 25, 2021
- Rocky Mosques of Mangystau Peninsula · submitted: August 25, 2021
- Silk Roads: Early Period (Prehistory) · submitted: August 25, 2021
- Silk Roads: Fergana-Syrdarya Corridor · submitted: August 25, 2021
- Silk Roads: Volga-Caspian Corridor · submitted: August 25, 2021
- Ustyurt: Landscapes and Aran Hunting Traps · submitted: August 25, 2021
- Northern Tyan-Shan (Ile-Alatau State National Park) · submitted: February 6, 2002
- Turkic sanctuary of Merke · submitted: September 24, 1998
Country Profile Kazakhstan
Official Name: Republic of Kazakhstan
Continent: Asia
Subregion: Central Asia
UNESCO Region: Asia and the Pacific
Capital: Astana
Population (2024): 20,592,571
Land Area: 2,699,700 km²
Currency: Kazakhstani tenge (KZT)