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The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities · Photo of the property
Photograph: M.Lubinski from Iraq,USA. · CC BY-SA 2.0

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The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities

Qal‘at Şāliḩ · Iraq

UNESCO mixed World Heritage, inscribed in 2016.

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Reference locality
Qal‘at Şāliḩ
Country / geographic scope
Iraq
Place type
Nature
Point coordinates
31.56222, 47.65778
TRIPGUROO territory
Iraq

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UNESCO World Heritage

The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities

Mixed · Inscription: 2016

Property components: 7. The image or map point may represent one component of the property.

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