According to a statement published on the UNESCO page, the UNESCO World Heritage List is a legacy of monuments and sites of great natural and cultural wealth that belongs to all of humanity. The Sites inscribed on the World Heritage List fulfill a function of milestones on the planet, of symbols of the awareness of States and peoples about the meaning of those places and emblems of their attachment to collective property, as well as of the transmission of that heritage to future generations.
At the time of publishing this article, the World Heritage List has 1073 registered sites, of which 832 are cultural property, 206 natural assets and 35 mixed assets, located in 167 States Parties. Since November 2016, 192 States Parties have ratified the World Heritage Convention. 139 sites of them are located in Latin America and the Caribbean of which Mexico has 34 registered sites, of which 6 of them are natural, 27 are cultural and 1 mixed; occupying the first place in the American continent with 34 sites registered and the seventh place in the whole world.
Keep reading to see the list of Mexican sites that have been declared World Heritage sites.
Cultural Heritage
Historical Center of Mexico City y Xochimilco / 1987
Historical Center of Oaxaca y Archaeological Zone of Monte Albán / 1987
Historical Centerl of Puebla / 1987
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Pre-Hispanic City and Palenque National Park / 1987
Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacán / 1987
Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen Itzá / 1988
Historic City of Guanajuato y Adjacent Mines/ 1988
Historical Center of Morelia / 1991
Pre-Hispanic City of El Tajín / 1992
Cave Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco / 1993
Historical Center of Zacatecas / 1993
First Convents of the XVI Century in the foothills of Popocatépetl / 1994
Historical Monuments Zone of Querétaro / 1996
Pre-Hispanic City of Uxmal / 1996
Hospicio Cabañas / 1997
Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes / 1998
Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco / 1999
Historical Fortified City of Campeche / 1999
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Ancient Mayan City of Calakmul/ 2002
Franciscan Missions of the Sierra Gorda de Querétaro / 2003
Luis Barragán Studio House / 2004
Agave landscape and old tequila industrial facilities / 2006
Central Campus of National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) / 2007
Protective City of San Miguel and Sanctuary of Jesus Nazareno de Atotonilco / 2008
Camino Real de Tierra Adentro / 2010
Prehistoric caves of Yagui and Mitla in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca/ 2010
Historical monuments area of Tlacotalpan / 1998
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El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar biosphere reserve / 2013
Hydraulic system of Padre Tembleque aqueduct / 2015
Natural Heritage
Sian Ka'an / 1987
Whale sanctuary 'El Vizcaíno' / 1993
Islands and protected areas of California's Gulf / 2005-2007
Monarch butterfly biosphere reserve/ 2008
Archipelago of Revillagigedo / 2016
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