The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated 19 World Heritage Sites in six countries (also called "state parties") of Central and North Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the Asian part of Russia. The European part of Russia is included in Eastern Europe.

Russia is home to the most inscribed sites with 8 sites, two of which are transborder properties shared with Mongolia in Eastern Asia. The first site from the region was the Itchan Kala in Uzbekistan inscribed in 1990. Each year, UNESCO's World Heritage Committee may inscribe new sites on the list, or delist sites that no longer meet the criteria. Selection is based on ten criteria: six for cultural heritage (i–vi) and four for natural heritage (vii–x). Some sites, designated "mixed sites," represent both cultural and natural heritage. In Northern and Central Asia, there are 11 cultural, 8 natural, and no mixed sites. All of the Russian sites (7) are natural and with the exception of Sayarka, all of the sites in Central Asia are cultural.

The World Heritage Committee may also specify that a site is endangered, citing "conditions which threaten the very characteristics for which a property was inscribed on the World Heritage List." None of the sites in this region has ever been listed as endangered, but possible danger listing has been considered by UNESCO in a number of cases.

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Site; named after the World Heritage Committee's official designation Location; at city, regional, or provincial level and geocoordinates Criteria; as defined by the World Heritage Committee 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

World Heritage Sites

Site Image Location Criteria Areaha (acre) Year Refs Central Sikhote-Alin Natural:(x) ; buffer zone 2001 Cultural Heritage Sites of Ancient KhuttalCultural:(ii)(iii); buffer zone 2025 Golden Mountains of Altai Natural:(x) 1998 Historic Centre of Bukhara Cultural:(ii), (iv), (vi) 1993 Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz Cultural:(iii), (iv) ; buffer zone 2000 Itchan Kala Cultural:(iii), (iv), (v) 1990Kunya-Urgench Cultural:(ii), (iii) 2005 Lake Baikal Natural:(vii), (viii), (ix), (x) 1996 Landscapes of DauriaNatural:(ix), (x); buffer zone 2017 Lena Pillars Nature Park Natural:(viii) 2012 Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi Cultural:(i), (iii), (iv) ; buffer zone 2003 Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve Natural:(ix), (x) ; buffer zone 2004 Parthian Fortresses of Nisa Cultural:(ii), (iii) ; buffer zone 2007 Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly Cultural:(iii) ; buffer zone 2004 Proto-urban site of Sarazm Cultural:(ii), (iii) ; buffer zone 2010 Putorana Plateau Natural:(vii), (ix) ; buffer zone 2010 Samarkand – Crossroads of Cultures Cultural:(i), (ii), (iv) 2001 Saryarka — Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan Natural:(ix), (x) ; buffer zone 2008 Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor Cultural:(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) ; buffer zone 2014 State Historical and Cultural Park “Ancient Merv” Cultural:(ii), (iii) ; buffer zone 1999 Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain Cultural:(iii), (vi) ; buffer zone 2009 Tajik National Park (Mountains of the Pamirs) Natural:(vii), (viii) 2013 Tugay forests of the Tigrovaya Balka Nature ReserveNatural:(iv); buffer zone 2023Uvs Nuur Basin Natural:(ix), (x) ; buffer zone 2003 Volcanoes of Kamchatka Natural:(vii), (viii), (ix), (x) 1996Extended in 2001 to include Kluchevskoy Nature Park.

Tentative List Site Image Location Criteria Year Refs Cultural Landscape of Ulytau Ulytau Region, Cultural:(v) 2021Northern Tyan Shan (Ili-Alatau National Park)Almaty Region, Natural: (x)2002State National Natural Park "Altyn Emel"Almaty Region, Natural: (vii), (viii), (ix)2002Saimaly-Tash PetroglypghsJalal-Abad Region, Cultural: (iii), (iv), (vi)2001Khulbuk -Capital of Ancient KhuttalHulbuk, Vose' District, Khatlon Region, Cultural: (ii), (iii), (iv)2021Fann MountainsSughd Region, Mixed: (vii), (x)2006Mausoleum of Amir Khamza Khashti PodshohChorkuh, Isfara District, Sughd Region, Cultural1999Mausoleum of Khoja MashkhadKhatlon Region, Cultural1999Ancient Town of Takht-i-SanginKhatlon Region, Cultural1999Bahoutdin Architectural ComplexBukhara, Bukhara Region, Cultural: (iv)2008Historic Centre of QoqonKokand, Fergana Region, Cultural: (ii)2008AndijanAndijan, Andijan Region, Cultural: (iii), (iv), (v)2008Ancient TermizTermez, Surxondaryo Region, Mixed: (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (ix)2008Historic Centre of IrkutskIrkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Cultural1998Historic Centre of YeniseyskYeniseysk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Cultural: (ii), (iii), (iv)2000Valley of the Kingsof Tuva (Arzhan)Tuva Republic, Cultural: (i), (iii), (iv)2021Kytalyk National ParkSakha Republic, Natural: (ix), (x)2021Krasnoyarsk StolbyKrasnoyarsk Krai, Natural: (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)2007Magadansky Nature ReserveMagadan Oblast, Natural: (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)2007

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