List of World Heritage Sites in Northern and Central Asia
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has 19 World Heritage Sites in six countries of Central and North Asia. The countries are Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the Asian part of Russia.[1] The European part of Russia is included in Eastern Europe.[2]
Russia is home to the most sites with 7. One shares a border with Mongolia in Eastern Asia.[3] The first site from the region was the Itchan Kala in Uzbekistan added in 1990.[4]