Wadi Rum Protected Area

World Heritage

Jordan

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The site covers 74,000 hectares and is listed as a mixed natural and cultural heritage site in southern Jordan, close to the border with Saudi Arabia. The site features a diverse desert landscape, including a series of narrow canyons, natural arches, towering cliffs, slopes, large landslides and caves. The rock paintings, inscriptions and archaeological remains at the site testify to 12,000 years of human habitation and interaction with the natural environment. The combination of 25,000 rock carvings and 20,000 inscriptions traces the evolution of human thought and the early development of the alphabet. The site shows the evolution of animal husbandry, agriculture and urban activities in the region.

# Rock paintings

# Mixed natural and cultural heritage

# Desert Landscape

# Inscription

# Human habitation

Desert camp for tourists in Wadi Rum

Secluded camp protected by mountains

Climber on Jabal Ram

The 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' rock formation

Typical Wadi Rum vista

Mountain in Wadi Rum

Thamudic inscriptions in Wadi Rum

A sandstone formation carved by the elements in Wadi Rum

In 2011

View from the top of Jabal Ram

The Wadi Rum Visitor Center

Petroglyphs at Wadi Rum

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Information extracted from Wikidata

office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/0577qx
Commons category	Wadi Rum
coordinate location	Point(35.419927777 29.5765)
named as	Wadi Rum (Jordánsko)
page banner	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wadi%20Rum%20panorama%20from%20rock%20outcrop%20wikivoyage%20banner.jpg
area	74179.7
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (v)
uses	4408315-4
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wadi%20Rum%20in%20December.jpg
executive body	Wadi Rum

start time	2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name	محمية وادي رم
official name	Wadi Rum Protected Area
official name	Zona Protegida del Uadi Rum
official name	Zone protégée du Wadi Rum
official name	ワディ・ラム保護地域
official name	Beschermd gebied Wadi Rum
official name	Охраняемый район Вади Рам
official name	瓦迪拉姆保护区
volume as quantity	World Heritage selection criterion (v)
area	59176.9
applies to part	buffer zone