Christian Churches in non Christian countries

Connected Sites: 8

Definition

WHS sites situated in a non Christian country yet consisting of, or including as a significant element of the inscribed area, an "operational" Christian religious building ("Non-Christian country" is defined as having less than 5% of population as Christian - see link).

Map

Connected Sites

As-Salt

Jordan

Inscribed: 2021

1.95

61

5

French missionaries built the Roman Catholic Church (known locally as Latin Church) in 1869-70 -> 4% Christians in Jordan (wiki)
Djerba

Tunisia

Inscribed: 2023

1.77

52

5

Saint-Nicolas Church
Churches and Convents of Goa

India

Inscribed: 1986

3.27

93

10

(India 2.3%)
Bethlehem

Palestine

Inscribed: 2012

3.15

194

9

Christians comprise less than 4% of Palestinians living within the borders of former Mandate Palestine today. They are approximately 4% of the West Bank population, less than 1% in Gaza, and nearly 10% of Israel's Palestinian population. (wiki)
Old City of Jerusalem

Israel

Inscribed: 1981

4.36

275

12

Holy Sepulchre (Israel 2.3%)
Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region

Japan

Inscribed: 2018

2.60

75

4

Japan, 1.5%
Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan"

Jordan

Inscribed: 2015

2.24

141

8

Jordan has 2.2% Christians (CIA World Factbook)
Armenian Monastic Ensembles

Iran

Inscribed: 2008

3.28

34

4

(Iran <2%. Elsewhere stated as .4%)