World Heritage in Mexico

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

World Heritage Sites

SiteInscribedTypeReviewsVisitorsRating
Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque 2015 Cultural 9 91 2.54
Archipiélago de Revillagigedo 2016 Natural 1 8 4.17
Calakmul 2002 Mixed 6 116 4.22
Camino Real 2010 Cultural 8 171 2.66
Campeche 1999 Cultural 6 185 2.72
Caves of Yagul and Mitla 2010 Cultural 6 90 2.79
Central University City Campus of the UNAM 2007 Cultural 7 235 2.76
Chichen-Itza 1988 Cultural 12 511 4.22
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 10 176 4
Gulf of California 2005 Natural 6 116 3.74
Hospicio Cabañas 1997 Cultural 7 103 2.6
Luis Barragán House and Studio 2004 Cultural 9 130 2.89
Mexico City and Xochimilco 1987 Cultural 8 465 3.87
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve 2008 Natural 8 104 4.19
Morelia 1991 Cultural 6 125 2.89
Oaxaca and Monte Alban 1987 Cultural 7 214 3.83
Palenque 1987 Cultural 7 232 4.25
Paquimé 1998 Cultural 4 21 2.98
Popocatepetl monasteries 1994 Cultural 10 135 2.82
Puebla 1987 Cultural 9 232 3.49
Querétaro 1996 Cultural 9 156 3.01
Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco 1993 Cultural 4 25 3.08
San Miguel de Allende 2008 Cultural 9 166 3.37
Sian Ka'an 1987 Natural 20 129 2.92
Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley 2018 Mixed 5 62 3.21
Teotihuacan 1987 Cultural 8 416 4.36
Tequila 2006 Cultural 4 118 2.85
Tlacotalpan 1998 Cultural 6 59 2.64
Uxmal 1996 Cultural 7 260 4.1
Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino 1993 Natural 5 40 3.98
Xochicalco 1999 Cultural 8 114 3.53
Zacatecas 1993 Cultural 4 87 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 40%
Chapultepec Woods, Hill and Castle 2001 Cultural 4 86 41%
Church of Santa Prisca and its Surroundings 2001 Cultural 3 22 80%
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 82 50%
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 41 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 16 100%
Patzcuaro, Site of Humanistic Memory and Cultural Confluence 2023 Cultural 1 15 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 60 93%
San Juan de Ulua, Site of Memory and Historical Resistances 2022 Cultural 0 2 50%
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 .