Cacao

Connected Sites: 5

WHS that are related to the cultivation and trade of cacao, or the occurence of Theobroma Cacao in the wild. Excluding botanical gardens.

Connected Sites

  • Quirigua
    Quirigua
    Guatemala
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.22
    63
    7
    Quiriguá was ideally positioned to control the trade of uncut jade, ..., as well as controlling the flow of other important commodities up and down the river such as cacao, which was produced as a local cash crop. (wiki)
  • Manu National Park
    Manu National Park
    Peru
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.74
    30
    5
    The plant Theobroma cacao is found there (unesco website)
  • El Tajin
    El Tajin
    Mexico
    Inscribed: 1992
    3.59
    60
    5
    These fields not only produced staples such as corn and beans but luxury items such as cacao. One of the panels at the Pyramid of the Niches shows a ceremony being held at a cacao tree. (wiki)
  • Coro and its Port
    Coro and its Port
    Venezuela
    Inscribed: 1993
    2.64
    16
    2
    Transport hub for cacao cultivated in its hinterland (AB ev)
  • Coffee Cultural Landscape
    Coffee Cultural Landscape
    Colombia
    Inscribed: 2011
    2.97
    70
    7
    1% of the landscape is used for cacao cultivation (nom file)