World Heritage in Mexico

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  • Cultural
  • Natural
  • Mixed
  • Tentative

World Heritage Sites

SiteInscribedTypeReviewsVisitorsRating
Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque 2015 Cultural 9 93 2.5
Archipiélago de Revillagigedo 2016 Natural 1 8 4.17
Calakmul 2002 Mixed 6 118 4.21
Camino Real 2010 Cultural 8 172 2.67
Campeche 1999 Cultural 6 188 2.73
Caves of Yagul and Mitla 2010 Cultural 6 92 2.8
Central University City Campus of the UNAM 2007 Cultural 7 236 2.76
Chichen-Itza 1988 Cultural 12 514 4.23
El Pinacate 2013 Natural 4 22 3.44
El Tajin 1992 Cultural 5 83 3.82
Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda 2003 Cultural 6 51 3.14
Guanajuato 1988 Cultural 10 177 4
Gulf of California 2005 Natural 6 116 3.74
Hospicio Cabañas 1997 Cultural 7 105 2.64
Luis Barragán House and Studio 2004 Cultural 10 131 2.87
Mexico City and Xochimilco 1987 Cultural 8 466 3.87
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve 2008 Natural 8 105 4.17
Morelia 1991 Cultural 6 126 2.91
Oaxaca and Monte Alban 1987 Cultural 7 216 3.83
Palenque 1987 Cultural 7 234 4.25
Paquimé 1998 Cultural 4 22 2.98
Popocatepetl monasteries 1994 Cultural 10 136 2.84
Puebla 1987 Cultural 9 233 3.49
Querétaro 1996 Cultural 9 157 3.02
Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco 1993 Cultural 4 25 3.08
San Miguel de Allende 2008 Cultural 9 167 3.37
Sian Ka'an 1987 Natural 20 130 2.92
Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley 2018 Mixed 5 64 3.17
Teotihuacan 1987 Cultural 8 417 4.36
Tequila 2006 Cultural 4 121 2.85
Tlacotalpan 1998 Cultural 6 61 2.69
Uxmal 1996 Cultural 7 263 4.08
Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino 1993 Natural 5 40 3.98
Xochicalco 1999 Cultural 8 115 3.53
Zacatecas 1993 Cultural 4 88 3.24

Tentative List

SiteAddedScheduledTypeReviewsVisitorsRating
Aire de protection de la flore et de la faune Cuatrociénegas 2004 Natural 0 2 N/A
Centro Histórico de Puebla (extension) (EXT) 2024 Cultural 0 19 50%
Chapultepec Woods, Hill and Castle 2001 Cultural 4 86 43%
Church of Santa Prisca and its Surroundings 2001 Cultural 3 22 80%
Cuetzalan and its Historical, Cultural and Natural Surrounding 2006 Mixed 1 9 100%
Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo's Home-Study Museum 2001 Cultural 4 83 52%
El Arco del Tiempo del Río La Venta 2010 Mixed 0 0 N/A
Great City of Chicomostoc-La Quemada 2001 Cultural 2 10 100%
Historic Town of Alamos 2001 Cultural 1 3 100%
Historic Town of San Sebastian del Oeste 2001 Mixed 1 7 50%
Historical city of Izamal (Izamal, Mayan continuity in an Historical City) 2008 Cultural 2 42 73%
Historical Town The Royal of the Eleven Thousand Virgins of Cosala in Sinaloa 2004 Cultural 0 1 N/A
Huichol Route through the sacred sites to Huiricuta (Tatehuari Huajuye) 2004 2025 Mixed 2 6 50%
Las Labradas, Sinalao archaeological site 2012 2027 Cultural 0 1 N/A
Las Pozas, Xilitla 2009 Cultural 4 10 100%
Los Petenes-Ría Celestún 2008 Natural 2 17 100%
Patzcuaro, Site of Humanistic Memory and Cultural Confluence 2023 Cultural 1 17 80%
Pre-Hispanic City of Cantona 2001 Cultural 1 9 100%
Region Lacan-Tún - Usumacinta 2004 Mixed 3 16 86%
Réserve de la biosphere Banco Chincorro 2004 Mixed 0 0 N/A
Ring of cenotes of Chicxulub Crater, Yucatan 2012 Natural 3 60 93%
San Juan de Ulua, Site of Memory and Historical Resistances 2022 Cultural 1 4 67%
Tecoaque 2004 Cultural 1 3 N/A
Vallée des Cierges 2004 Natural 0 1 N/A

Country info

Official Name
Mexico
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
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Zoë Sheng .