# UNESCO World Heritage Intelligence (`wakey7dev/unesco-world-heritage-intelligence`) Actor

Fetches and normalizes UNESCO World Heritage Sites data with coordinates, criteria, danger status, and multilingual descriptions. 1,273+ sites with full metadata.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/wakey7dev/unesco-world-heritage-intelligence.md
- **Developed by:** [Chris Wakefield](https://apify.com/wakey7dev) (community)
- **Categories:** Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

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# README

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## UNESCO World Heritage Intelligence

Fetches and normalizes UNESCO World Heritage Sites data with coordinates, criteria, danger status, and multilingual descriptions.

### Features

- **1,273+ World Heritage Sites** — Complete dataset from UNESCO DataHub
- **Multilingual support** — Names and descriptions in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, and Chinese
- **Geographic data** — Latitude/longitude coordinates for mapping
- **Filtering** — By category (Cultural/Natural/Mixed), country, danger list status
- **Normalized output** — Clean, structured JSON with consistent field names
- **Human-readable summary** — ASCII table in run logs and KVS OUTPUT record

### Use Cases

- **Tourism & Travel** — Build travel apps, itinerary planners, heritage site directories
- **Research & Education** — Academic studies on cultural heritage, conservation, tourism impact
- **Data Analysis** — Geographic analysis, country comparisons, temporal trends
- **Conservation** — Monitor danger list sites, track transboundary heritage
- **Content Creation** — Generate heritage site content, guides, educational materials

### Input Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Description |
|-----------|------|-------------|
| `maxResults` | Integer | Maximum number of sites to fetch (default: 100, max: 1273) |
| `categoryFilter` | String | Filter by category: "Cultural", "Natural", or "Mixed" (empty for all) |
| `dangerOnly` | Boolean | Only return sites on the Danger List (default: false) |
| `countryFilter` | String | Filter by country name (e.g., "Italy", "Japan", "Peru") |

### Output

Each site includes:

- **Identifiers** — UNESCO ID, UUID
- **Names** — Multilingual (6 languages)
- **Descriptions** — Short and full descriptions, justification
- **Classification** — Category, criteria (cultural/natural), inscription date
- **Status** — Danger list status, transboundary flag
- **Geography** — Countries, ISO codes, region, coordinates
- **Media** — Image URLs, video URLs, author/copyright info
- **Components** — Component count for complex sites

### Example Output

```json
{
  "id": "208",
  "name": "Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley",
  "nameFrench": "Paysage culturel et vestiges archéologiques de la vallée de Bamiyan",
  "category": "Cultural",
  "dateInscribed": "2003",
  "isOnDangerList": true,
  "countries": ["Afghanistan"],
  "isoCodes": "AF",
  "region": "Asia and the Pacific",
  "latitude": 34.84694,
  "longitude": 67.82525,
  "criteriaText": "(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)",
  "areaHectares": 158.9265,
  "mainImageUrl": "https://whc.unesco.org/document/109141"
}
```

### Data Source

Data fetched from the official UNESCO DataHub API (data.unesco.org). No API key required. Data is updated regularly by UNESCO.

### Pricing

$1.00 per 1,000 sites retrieved. Typical runs return 10-100 sites for $0.01-$0.10.

# Actor input Schema

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of sites to fetch (default: 100, max: 1273)

## `categoryFilter` (type: `string`):

Filter by site category: Cultural, Natural, or Mixed (leave empty for all)

## `dangerOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only return sites currently on the Danger List

## `countryFilter` (type: `string`):

Filter by country name (e.g., 'Italy', 'Japan', 'Peru')

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxResults": 100,
  "categoryFilter": "",
  "dangerOnly": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Complete dataset of UNESCO World Heritage Sites

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Human-readable summary of results

## `stats` (type: `string`):

Machine-readable statistics

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("wakey7dev/unesco-world-heritage-intelligence").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("wakey7dev/unesco-world-heritage-intelligence").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call wakey7dev/unesco-world-heritage-intelligence --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,wakey7dev/unesco-world-heritage-intelligence"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/Q27cBfF3m2Zio9voY/builds/bp4UgwpsPMruez40q/openapi.json