World Heritage in Mexico

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  • ●● Cultural
  • ●● Natural
  • ●● Mixed
  • ●● Tentative

World Heritage Sites

SiteInscribedTypeReviewsVisitorsRating
Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque 2015 Cultural 9 89 2.52
Archipiélago de Revillagigedo 2016 Natural 1 8 4.38
Calakmul 2002 Mixed 6 112 4.24
Camino Real 2010 Cultural 8 167 2.67
Campeche 1999 Cultural 6 178 2.74
Caves of Yagul and Mitla 2010 Cultural 6 84 2.78
Central University City Campus of the UNAM 2007 Cultural 7 226 2.79
Chichen-Itza 1988 Cultural 11 496 4.24
El Pinacate 2013 Natural 4 21 3.44
El Tajin 1992 Cultural 5 80 3.78
Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda 2003 Cultural 6 50 3.14
Guanajuato 1988 Cultural 10 171 4
Gulf of California 2005 Natural 6 111 3.73
Hospicio Cabañas 1997 Cultural 7 99 2.61
Luis Barragán House and Studio 2004 Cultural 9 127 2.88
Mexico City and Xochimilco 1987 Cultural 8 447 3.87
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve 2008 Natural 8 98 4.22
Morelia 1991 Cultural 6 119 2.88
Oaxaca and Monte Alban 1987 Cultural 7 206 3.83
Palenque 1987 Cultural 7 226 4.25
Paquimé 1998 Cultural 4 21 2.98
Popocatepetl monasteries 1994 Cultural 10 130 2.77
Puebla 1987 Cultural 9 225 3.47
Querétaro 1996 Cultural 9 154 3.01
Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco 1993 Cultural 4 23 3.08
San Miguel de Allende 2008 Cultural 9 162 3.37
Sian Ka'an 1987 Natural 20 123 2.93
Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley 2018 Mixed 5 58 3.21
Teotihuacan 1987 Cultural 8 398 4.36
Tequila 2006 Cultural 4 113 2.85
Tlacotalpan 1998 Cultural 6 57 2.63
Uxmal 1996 Cultural 6 251 4.09
Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino 1993 Natural 5 39 3.98
Xochicalco 1999 Cultural 8 110 3.53
Zacatecas 1993 Cultural 4 83 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) 2024 Cultural 0 13 33%
Chapultepec Woods, Hill and Castle 2001 Cultural 4 81 42%
Church of Santa Prisca and its Surroundings 2001 Cultural 3 22 78%
Cuetzalan and its Historical, Cultural and Natural Surrounding 2006 Mixed 1 8 100%
Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo's Home-Study Museum 2001 Cultural 4 77 46%
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 1 39 70%
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 15 100%
Patzcuaro, Site of Humanistic Memory and Cultural Confluence 2023 Cultural 1 13 75%
Pre-Hispanic City of Cantona 2001 Cultural 1 8 100%
Region Lacan-Tún - Usumacinta 2004 Mixed 2 14 83%
Réserve de la biosphere Banco Chincorro 2004 Mixed 0 0 N/A
Ring of cenotes of Chicxulub Crater, Yucatan 2012 Natural 3 56 92%
San Juan de Ulua, Site of Memory and Historical Resistances 2022 Cultural 0 2 0%
Tecoaque 2004 Cultural 1 3 N/A
Vallée des Cierges 2004 Natural 0 1 N/A

Former Tentative Sites

SiteAddedRemovedReviews
Archaeological Zone of Cacaxtla 1986 2001 0
Chihuahua Desert Zone 1986 1994 0
Churches in the Zoque Province, Chiapas 2001 2013 0
Former Jesuit Colleges in Tepotzotl 2001 2011 1
Fundidora Monterrey Blast Furnaces 2008 2013 0
Historic Town of San Cristobal de las Casas and indigenous villages 1986 2001 0
Industrial complex of the textile factory La Constancia Mexicana and its housing area 2004 2013 1
Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe and Felix Candela's Industrial Buildings 2001 2013 0
Monterrey's Industrial Facilities 2001 2009 0
Natural Reserve El Triunfo 1997 1997 0
Patzcuaro Lake Cultural Zone 1987 1987 0
Pie de Vaca Palaeontological deposits 1986 2001 0
Railway Station in the City of Aguascalientes and its Housing Complex 2001 2013 0
Reserve de Biosphere Selva El Ocote 2004 2011 0
Rock of Bernal, Sacred Places and Chapels of Otome - Chichimeca Lineage, Queretaro's Semi-desert 2006 2011 0
San Luis Potosí on the Mercury and Silver Route of the Intercontinental Camino Real 2007 2013 1
Sierra de San Francisco et ses peintures rupestres (proposed under natural criteria) 2004 2011 0
Sierra de San Pedro Martir - Rock Paintings and natural environment 1986 2001 0
Soteno del Barro 2004 2011 0
The Ahuehuete Tree of Santa Maria del Tule 2001 2013 1
The City of Oaxaca, the archaeological site of Monte Alban and the site of Cuilapan 1985 1986 0
Wetlands of Centla and Términos 2008 2013 0
Zone de monuments de Puebla et Cholula 1986 1996 1

Country info

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