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List of World Heritage Sites in Mexico

This is a list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Mexico. The country has the largest number of World Heritage Sites of any country in the Americas and the seventh most in the world. As of July 2016 there are 27 cultural sites, 6 natural sites and 1 mixed site on the list, making for a total of 34.

Contents

List

* = World Cultural Heritage Site † = World Natural Heritage Site *† = World Cultural and Natural Heritage Site (Mixed)

Location of sites

Numbered sites: 1. Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México; 2. Ciudad Universitaria; 3. Xochicalco; 4. Monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetl; 5. Luis Barragan House and Studio; 6. Teotihuacan; 7. Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve; 8. Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque

Legend: World Cultural Heritage Site; World Natural Heritage Site; World Cultural and Natural Heritage Site (Mixed)

Tentative List

In addition there are sites on the "tentative list" including:

  • Chapultepec Woods, Hill and Castle (2001)
  • Historic Town of Alamos (2001)
  • Church of Santa Prisca and its Surroundings (2001)
  • Pre-Hispanic City of Cantona (2001)
  • Great City of Chicomostoc-La Quemada (2001)
  • Historic Town of San Sebastián del Oeste (2001)
  • Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo's Home-Study Museum (2001)
  • Valle de los Cirios (2004)
  • Flora and Fauna Protection Area of Cuatro Ciénegas (2004)
  • Historical Town The Royal of the Eleven Thousand Virgins of Cosala in Sinaloa (2004)
  • Huichol Route through the sacred sites to Wirikuta (Tatehuari Huajuye) (2004)
  • Lacan-Tún – Usumacinta Region (2004)
  • Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve (2004)
  • Tecoaque (2004)
  • Cuetzalan and its Historical, Cultural and Natural Surrounding (2006)
  • Historical city of Izamal (Izamal, Mayan continuity in an Historical City) (2008)
  • Los Petenes-Río Celestún (2008)
  • Las Pozas, Xilitla (2008)
  • Arch of Time of La Venta River (2010)
  • Tehuacan-Cuicatlan Biosphere Reserve (2012)
  • Ring of cenotes of Chicxulub Crater, Yucatan (2012)
  • Las Labradas, Sinaloa archaeological site (2012)

    • References

    List of World Heritage Sites in Mexico Wikipedia
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