Showing posts with label Malaysia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Malaysia. Show all posts

Aug 1, 2010

Malaysia. Kinabalu Park


Date of Inscription: 2000
Criteria: (ix)(x)
Property : 75370.0000 ha
State of Sabah
N6 15 0 E116 30 0
Ref: 1012  

Kinabalu Park, in the State of Sabah on the northern end of the island of Borneo, is dominated by Mount Kinabalu (4,095 m), the highest mountain between the Himalayas and New Guinea. It has a very wide range of habitats, from rich tropical lowland and hill rainforest to tropical mountain forest, sub-alpine forest and scrub on the higher elevations. It has been designated as a Centre of Plant Diversity for Southeast Asia and is exceptionally rich in species with examples of flora from the Himalayas, China, Australia, Malaysia, as well as pan-tropical flora.

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1012

With many thanks to SL Liew!

Jun 30, 2010

Malaysia. George Town, Penang


Date of Inscription: 2008
Criteria: (ii)(iii)(iv)
Property : 148.0000 ha
Buffer zone: 284.0700 ha
N5 25 17 E100 20 45
Ref: 1223

George Town or Georgetown, is the capital of the state of Penang in Malaysia. Named after Britain's King George III, George Town is located on the north-east corner of Penang Island and has about 220,000 inhabitants, or about 400,000 including the suburbs.

Formerly a municipality and then a city in its own right, since 1976 George Town has been part of the municipality of Penang Island, though the area formerly governed by the city council is still commonly referred to as a city, and is also known as Tanjung ("The Cape") in Malay and 喬治市 (Qiáozhì Shì) in Chinese.

The inner city of George Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

(source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown,_Penang)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1223

Thanks to SLLiew!