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| | World Heritage Site -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain range, lake, desert, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated for the international World Heritage program administered by (An agency of the United Nations that promotes education and communication and the arts) UNESCO. |
 | | The program aims to catalogue, name, and preserve sites of outstanding importance, either cultural or natural, to the common heritage of humankind (). |
 | | Listed sites can obtain funds from the World Heritage Fund under certain conditions. |
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