What country houses a capital that is one of the largest cities in the Saraha and is also home to The World Heritage Site?
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Banc d'Arguin National Park The Banc d'Arguin National Park (Arabic: حوض أركين‎ ‎ ) of Bay of Arguin lies in Western Africa on the west coast of Mauritania between Nouakchott and Nouadhibou. The World Heritage Site is a major breeding site for migratory birds, including flamingos, broad-billed sandpipers, pelicans and terns. Much of the breeding is on sand banks including the islands of Tidra, Niroumi, Nair, Kijji and Arguim. The surrounding waters are some of the richest fishing waters in western Africa and serve as nesting grounds for the entire western region.
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Nouakchott Nouakchott ( ; ] ; Arabic: نواكشوط‎ ‎ "Nuwākshūṭ ", originally derived from Berber Nawākšūṭ, "place of the winds") is the capital and largest city of Mauritania. It is one of the largest cities in the Sahara. The city also serves as the administrative and economic centre of Mauritania.
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Alcalá de Henares Alcalá de Henares (] ), meaning "Citadel on the river Henares", in Arabic قلعة النار, is a Spanish city located 35 km northeast of the country's capital, Madrid. It stands out for its rich archaeology and was one of the first bishoprics founded in Spain. Locally, it is generally known simply as "Alcalá", but "de Henares" is appended when needed to differentiate it from a dozen Spanish cities sharing the name Alcalá (from the Arabic word "al-qal'a القلعة" for fortification or citadel). The Latin name, "Complutum", is sometimes used. The city is the capital of its namesake region, Comarca de Alcalá. Its historical centre is one of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites.
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History of Mogadishu Mogadishu ( ; Somali: "Muqdisho" ; popularly حَمَر "Xamar "; Arabic: مقديشو‎ ‎ "Maqadīshū"; literally "The Seat of the Shah") is the largest city in Somalia and the nation's capital. Located in the coastal Benadir region on the Indian Ocean, the city has served as an important port for centuries.
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Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve is a 54.5 km2 protected area, on the fringe of Namadgi National Park, that is a short drive from the city of Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory, the capital city of Australia. The nature reserve consists of a large valley floor, the Tidbinbilla Mountain and the Gibraltar range. The sides of the valley are steep and relatively undisturbed; the lower slopes are partly cleared and have a history of Aboriginal and European use. Tidbinbilla Mountain is believed to have been used for initiation ceremonies. The word 'Tidbinbilla' is Aboriginal in origin and is derived from the word "Jedbinbilla" – a place where boys become men.
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Laayoune Laayoune (Maghrebi Arabic: لعيون "Al-ʿAyyūn/El-Aiun", ""Laʕyūn" "; Spanish: 'El Aaiún' ; French: "Laâyoune" ; Berber: ⵍⵄⵢⵓⵏ, "Leɛyun"; Literary Arabic: العيون "al-ʿuyūn ", literally "The Springs") is the largest city of the disputed territory of Western Sahara currently administered by Morocco. The modern city is thought to have been founded by the Spanish colonizer in 1938. In 1940, Spain designated it as the capital of the Spanish Sahara. Laâyoune (El-Aaiún) is the capital of the "Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra" region administered by Morocco under the supervision of the UN peace-keeping mission in Western Sahara (MINURSO).
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Table of World Heritage Sites by country As of July 2017, there are a total of 1,073 World Heritage Sites located in 167 "States Parties" Of the 1,073 sites, 832 are cultural, 206 are natural and 35 are mixed properties. The countries have been divided by the World Heritage Committee into five geographic zones: Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and North America, and Latin America and the Caribbean. The country with the most number of sites (including sites shared with other countries) is Italy, with 53 entries. The country with the most number of sites by itself alone (excluding sites shared with other countries) is China, with 51 entries.
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Sulayman Mountain The Sulayman Mountain (also known as "Taht-I-Suleiman", "Sulayman Rock" or "Sulayman Throne") is the only World Heritage Site located entirely in the country of Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyzstan shares the Tian-Shan Silk Road Site with China and Kazakhstan). It is located in the city of Osh and was once a major place of Muslim and pre-Muslim pilgrimage. The rock rises abruptly from the surrounding plains of the Fergana Valley and is a popular place among locals and visitors, with a splendid view.("See" List of World Heritage Sites in Kyrgyzstan)
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Nagasaki Nagasaki (長崎市 , Nagasaki-shi , ]) (   ) is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. It became a centre of Portuguese and Dutch influence in the 16th through 19th centuries, and the Churches and Christian Sites in Nagasaki have been proposed for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Part of Nagasaki was home to a major Imperial Japanese Navy base during the First Sino-Japanese War and Russo-Japanese War. Its name means "long cape".
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Jambi City Jambi City (Indonesian: "Kota Jambi" , or Malay: "Bandaraya Jambi" ) is a city in Indonesia, capital of Jambi province, on the island of Sumatra. The city is a busy port on the Batang Hari River and an oil- and rubber-producing centre. The city is located 26 km from the ruins of Muaro Jambi, an important city in the ancient Srivijaya kingdom.
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Abu Mena Abu Mena (also spelled "Abu Mina"; Egyptian Arabic: ابو مينا‎ ‎   ] ) was a town, monastery complex and Christian pilgrimage centre in Late Antique Egypt, about 45 km southwest of Alexandria. Its remains were designated a World Heritage Site in 1979. There are very few standing remains, but the foundations of most major buildings, such as the great basilica, are easily discernible.
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Khami Khami (also written as "Khame", "Kame" or "Kami") is a ruined city located 22 kilometres west of Bulawayo, in Zimbabwe. It was once the capital of the Kingdom of Butua of the Torwa dynasty. It is now a national monument, and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986.
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Hampi Hampi ("Hampe") is a historic temple town recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, listed as the "Group of Monuments at Hampi". Located in northern Karnataka, India close to the Andhra Pradesh border and near the city of Hosapete, Hampi was established as the capital of the Hindu Vijayanagara Empire in the 14th-century. Chronicles left by Persian and European travelers particularly the Portuguese state Hampi as a prosperous, wealthy and grand city near the Tungabhadra river with numerous temples, farms and trading markets. The Vijayanagara Empire was defeated by a coalition of Muslim Sultanates, its capital Hampi was conquered, pillaged and badly damaged by Sultanate armies in 1565, after which Hampi remained in ruins.
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Basra, Morocco Basra, Morocco, nicknamed Basra al-Hamra ("Basra the Red"), is an archaeological site in Morocco. It was originally a summer capital of the Idrisid dynasty from the 8th to 10th centuries.
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Knossos Knossos ( ; Greek: Κνωσός , "Knōsós", ] ) is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and has been called Europe's oldest city.
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Cultural properties of Indonesia Cultural properties of Indonesia are those items defined by Indonesian law as of "important value for history, science, and culture", and include both man-made artefacts and natural objects. The cultural properties number more than 8,000 and include ancient Hindu and Buddhist temples, mosques, historic colonial buildings, forts, art galleries, national parks and beaches. A number of the sites are World Heritage Sites.
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List of World Heritage Sites in Greece There are currently 18 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Greece. Of these, 16 are inscribed based on "cultural" criteria, while the remaining two (Mount Athos, Meteora) are inscribed for meeting both "cultural" and "natural" criteria. Five of the sites are located on islands, one is distributed between the islands and the mainland, with the remaining 12 exclusively on the mainland. This first site to be inscribed was the Temple of Apollo at Bassae in 1986, the most recent is the Philippi, inscribed in 2016. There are an additional 14 sites on the Tentative List.
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Marlborough House Marlborough House, a Grade I listed mansion in St James's (City of Westminster, Inner London), is the headquarters of the Commonwealth of Nations and the seat of the Commonwealth Secretariat. It was built for Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, the favourite and confidante of Queen Anne. For over a century it served as the London residence of the Dukes of Marlborough.
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Sana'a Sana'a (Arabic: صنعاء‎ ‎ "Ṣan‘ā’ " ] , ] ), also spelled Sanaa or Sana, is the largest city in Yemen and the centre of Sana'a Governorate. The city is not part of the Governorate, but forms the separate administrative district of "Amanat Al-Asemah". Under the Yemeni constitution, Sana'a is the capital of the country, although the seat of the internationally recognised government moved to Aden in the aftermath of the 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état. Aden was declared as the temporary capital by President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi in March 2015.
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Campina Grande Campina Grande (Portuguese "Great Plain") is the second most populous Brazilian city in the State of Paraíba after João Pessoa, the capital. It is considered to be the most important city of the Northeastern Brazilian subregion called "agreste". It is considered one of the main industrial, technological and educational centers in the northeastern region of Brazil. The city was officially founded in 1864. Campina Grande also has a large cultural agenda, including the world's largest Saint John's Festival (called "O Maior São João do Mundo"), which takes place during the entire month of June.
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List of World Heritage Sites in Southern Asia The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated 59 World Heritage Sites in six countries (also called "state parties") of Southern Asia: Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Bhutan and Maldives, which are also located within the region, do not have any World Heritage Sites.
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Viti Levu Viti Levu (pronounced ] ) is the largest island in the Republic of Fiji, the site of the nation's capital, Suva, and home to a large majority of Fiji's population.