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Ten World Heritage properties in Indonesia, from Borobudur to Komodo National Park

UNESCO's World Heritage Centre lists ten properties in Indonesia, six cultural and four natural.
The cultural properties are Borobudur Temple Compounds, Prambanan Temple Compounds, Sangiran Early Man Site, the Cultural Landscape of Bali Province with its Subak system, the Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto, and the Cosmological Axis of Yogyakarta and its Historic Landmarks.
The natural properties are Komodo National Park, Ujung Kulon National Park, Lorentz National Park and the Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra.
Borobudur, Prambanan, Komodo National Park and Ujung Kulon National Park were all inscribed in 1991.
The Bali Subak landscape was inscribed in 2012 and the Cosmological Axis of Yogyakarta in 2023.
Indonesia's acceptance of the World Heritage Convention is dated 6 July 1989.

Total properties: 10 Cultural: 6 Natural: 4 Convention accepted: 6 July 1989
Why it matters for exams: World Heritage counts and named properties by country are standard prelims matching questions.
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19 October 2026 Source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre

In plain words

Subak Subak system — Bali's cooperative water management system for rice terraces.

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