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Namibia Cricket Ground

FNB Namibia Cricket Ground (NCG) is a 7,000-capacity cricket stadium in Olympia, Windhoek, Namibia, opened 11 October 2025 with a historic T20I against South Africa; it hosts 2026 U19 and 2027 Men's Cricket World Cup matches.

Namrīk

Namrīk (Nemrik), an archaeological site in Duhok Governorate, Iraq, near the Mosul Dam; the Pre-Pottery Neolithic settlement Nemrik 9 was excavated 1985–1989 by a Warsaw team and is now submerged.

Namuggun Theme Park

Seonnyeo and Namuggun Theme Park (선녀와나무꾼 테마공원), a private indoor retro theme park and registered museum in Jocheon-eup, Jeju City, opened 2008, recreating 1950s–1980s Korean life, distinct from Jeju's outdoor parks.

Nan Dongting Wetland and Waterfowl Nature Reserve

Nan Dongting Wetland and Waterfowl Nature Reserve (South Dongting Lake), Ramsar Site no. 1151 since 2002, is a 168,000 ha protected wetland in Yiyang, Hunan, China, sheltering white storks, white cranes, and wintering waterbirds on Dongting Lake.

Nan Madol

Nan Madol: Ceremonial Centre of Eastern Micronesia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2016, is a complex of over 100 basalt-and-coral artificial islets off Pohnpei, capital of the Saudeleur dynasty, built from the 10th to 15th centuries and currently on the danger list.

Nanchang Sunac Land (南昌融创乐园)

Nanchang Sunac Land (南昌融创乐园), formerly Nanchang Wanda Theme Park, is a 4A-level outdoor theme park in Honggutan, Nanchang, opened May 2016, with 80 hectares, six themed areas, and five operating roller coasters.

Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks

Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks (नंदा देवी और फूलों की घाटी राष्ट्रीय उद्यान), Uttarakhand, India: UNESCO World Heritage site inscribed 1988, extended 2005, criteria (vii) and (x); 71,210 ha around 7,817 m Nanda Devi, closed since 1983, core of the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve.

Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve

Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve (NDBR), Uttarakhand, India: UNESCO biosphere reserve notified 18 January 1988, first in the Himalaya, 640,703 ha, core zones Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks, a World Heritage site around Nanda Devi peak (7,817 m).

Nanhu Amusement Park

Nanhu Amusement Park (南湖游乐园, now Star World Nanhu Amusement Park 星纪世界·南湖乐园) is a Guangzhou, Baiyun District theme park opened September 28, 1985, one of the city's four major parks, closed 2022, and reopened in 2025 as China's first RPG science-fiction park.

Naniglio Roman Villa

The Naniglio Roman Villa (Villa romana del Naniglio) is a Roman imperial villa at Gioiosa Ionica in Calabria, Italy, best known for an exceptionally well preserved three-naved underground cistern.

NANJING PLAYA MAYA

Nanjing Playa Maya (南京玛雅海滩水公园, Nanjing Maya Beach Water Park) is an OCT water park in Qixia District, Nanjing, opened 2020, with a 10,000 m² Caribbean Beach wave pool, 20+ imported rides, and ProSlide FlyingSAUCER, MAMMOTH, TORNADO 60, and BehemothBOWL 60 slides.

Nanjing Seabed World

Nanjing Seabed World, also Nanjing Underwater World (南京海底世界), is an aquarium in Nanjing's Zhongshan scenic area, opened December 1996, with a 74-meter acrylic tunnel, 200+ species, emperor penguins, polar animals, and dolphin shows.

Nanning Zoo

Nanning Zoo (南宁动物园), also called West Suburb Zoo, is a municipal zoo in Nanning, Guangxi, China, opened in 1975 on about 36.6 hectares with over 170 animal varieties, an AAAA rating, and a documented animal-welfare controversy over performing dolphins.

Nanoor Mound

The Nanoor Mound is an archaeological mound at Nanoor in Birbhum district, West Bengal, crowned by the Basuli temple and fourteen Shiva temples, a protected ASI monument.

Nanstallon

Nanstallon Roman Fort, near Bodmin, Cornwall: a small Roman auxiliary fort occupied about AD 65-79, excavated 1965-69 by Fox and Ravenhill, with rare double gates, built to oversee mineral extraction.

Nanxiangcheng Site

Nanxiangcheng Site (南襄城遗址) is a Warring States to Han archaeological city site in Yuan'an County, Yichang, Hubei, a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level since 2013.

Nanyao Yuan

南药园 (southern-drug gardens): medicinal-plant gardens of IMPLAD, chiefly the Xishuangbanna garden in Jinghong, Yunnan (founded 1959, ~20 ha, 1,200+ species) and the Xinglong garden in Wanning, Hainan (1960, 13+ ha), conserving tropical nan yao germplasm.

Napo Sumaco UNESCO Global Geopark

Napo Sumaco UNESCO Global Geopark, Ecuadorian Amazon geopark in Napo province designated April 10, 2025; 1,800 km², 55 geosites, Sumaco Volcano 3,830 m, Kichwa community geotourism, Pushak Runas guides.

Naqsh-e Jahan Square

Naqsh-e Jahan Square (میدان نقش جهان), known today as Imam Square, is a vast Safavid public square in Isfahan, Iran, built by Shah Abbas I and made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.

Naqsh-i Bahram

Naqsh-i Bahram is a Sasanian rock relief near Nurabad in Fars province, Iran, carved for King Bahram II and showing him enthroned with four dignitaries, including the high priest Kardēr.

Naqsh-i Rustam

Naqsh-i Rustam (Naqš-e Rostam), an Achaemenid and Sasanian rock monument site near Persepolis, Iran: four royal tombs including Darius I's, the Kaʿba-ye Zardošt tower, and Shapur I's trilingual inscription.

Nara Park (奈良公園)

Nara Park (奈良公園) is a 660-hectare public park in Nara, Japan, opened in 1880, famous for about 1,687 protected wild sika deer and World Heritage temples Tōdai-ji, Kōfuku-ji, and Kasuga Taisha.

Narasimhaswamy Temple, Namakkal

Narasimhaswamy Temple, Namakkal (நரசிம்ம சுவாமி திருக்கோயில்), a rock-cut Vaishnava cave temple cut into the northern face of Namakkal hill, Tamil Nadu; ASI-protected since 1912, HR&CE-managed, paired with the Ranganathaswamy cave temple and Namagiri Amman shrine.

Narran Lake Nature Reserve

Narran Lake Nature Reserve (Dharriwaa), a 26,480 ha NSW nature reserve created in 1988 protecting a terminal wetland of the Narran River; Ramsar-listed 1999, major colonial waterbird breeding site, jointly managed with Yuwaalaraay/Euahlayi custodians.

Nashville Municipal Auditorium

Nashville Municipal Auditorium, a city-owned multi-purpose arena at 417 4th Ave N, opened October 7, 1962 with a Church of Christ revival; seats up to 9,654, hosts the Musicians Hall of Fame since 2013.

Nastae

Nastae, a Late Antique road station on the Tabula Peutingeriana (Nastar in Ravennas), identified with Harmanlı in Adıyaman Province, Turkey, between Arianodum and Octacuscum, dated 300–640.

Nasu Animal Kingdom

Nasu Animal Kingdom (那須どうぶつ王国) is a zoo in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, with about 700 animals of 150 species across indoor Town and open Farm areas, known for close-range exhibits, daily bird and animal shows, and conservation of the Japanese ptarmigan and Tsushima leopard cat.

Natal Drakensberg Park

Natal Drakensberg Park, also called uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, is a 242,813 ha Ramsar wetland site in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, designated 21 January 1996 and part of the Maloti-Drakensberg World Heritage Site.

Natanz

Natanz (نطنز), oasis city in central Iran southeast of Kashan, known for the Ilkhanid shrine complex of Sufi shaykh 'Abd al-Samad and for Iran's main uranium enrichment facility, bombed in 2025.

Naternaq

Naternaq (Lersletten) is Ramsar Site no. 385, a 1,840 km² wetland plain south of Disko Bay, Greenland, designated 27 January 1988, key summering area for the Greenland white-fronted goose and now within West Greenland National Park.