World Heritage in Mexico

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  • Cultural
  • Natural
  • Mixed
  • Tentative

World Heritage Sites

SiteInscribedTypeReviewsVisitorsRating
Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque 2015 Cultural 9 87 2.52
Archipiélago de Revillagigedo 2016 Natural 1 7 4.26
Calakmul 2002 Mixed 6 111 4.24
Camino Real 2010 Cultural 8 164 2.7
Campeche 1999 Cultural 6 176 2.74
Caves of Yagul and Mitla 2010 Cultural 6 82 2.81
Central University City Campus of the UNAM 2007 Cultural 7 222 2.77
Chichen-Itza 1988 Cultural 11 490 4.23
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 10 167 4
Gulf of California 2005 Natural 5 109 3.73
Hospicio Cabañas 1997 Cultural 7 98 2.61
Luis Barragán House and Studio 2004 Cultural 9 125 2.9
Mexico City and Xochimilco 1987 Cultural 8 440 3.84
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve 2008 Natural 8 96 4.22
Morelia 1991 Cultural 6 117 2.88
Oaxaca and Monte Alban 1987 Cultural 7 204 3.83
Palenque 1987 Cultural 7 224 4.24
Paquimé 1998 Cultural 4 20 2.98
Popocatepetl monasteries 1994 Cultural 10 129 2.77
Puebla 1987 Cultural 9 222 3.46
Querétaro 1996 Cultural 9 150 3.01
Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco 1993 Cultural 4 23 3.08
San Miguel de Allende 2008 Cultural 9 158 3.37
Sian Ka'an 1987 Natural 20 121 2.93
Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley 2018 Mixed 5 57 3.27
Teotihuacan 1987 Cultural 7 392 4.35
Tequila 2006 Cultural 4 113 2.85
Tlacotalpan 1998 Cultural 6 57 2.63
Uxmal 1996 Cultural 6 248 4.09
Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino 1993 Natural 5 39 3.98
Xochicalco 1999 Cultural 8 109 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 12 50%
Chapultepec Woods, Hill and Castle 2001 Cultural 4 80 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 38 78%
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

Country info

Official Name
Mexico
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
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