Mexico
Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List (33)
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Cultural (27)
- Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila (2006)
- Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque Hydraulic System (2015)
- Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco (1999)
- Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes (1998)
- Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (2010)
- Central University City Campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (2007)
- Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl (1994)
- El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City (1992)
- Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro (2003)
- Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco (1987)
- Historic Centre of Morelia (1991)
- Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán (1987)
- Historic Centre of Puebla (1987)
- Historic Centre of Zacatecas (1993)
- Historic Fortified Town of Campeche (1999)
- Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro (1996)
- Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan (1998)
- Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines (1988)
- Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara (1997)
- Luis Barragán House and Studio (2004)
- Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque (1987)
- Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza (1988)
- Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan (1987)
- Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal (1996)
- Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca (2010)
- Protective town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco (2008)
- Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco (1993)
Natural (5)
- El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve (2013)
- Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California (2005)
- Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (2008)
- Sian Ka'an (1987)
- Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino (1993)
Mixed (1)
Properties submitted on the Tentative List (23)
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- Chapultepec Woods, Hill and Castle (2001)
- Historic Town of Alamos (2001)
- Church of Santa Prisca and its Surroundings (2001)
- Pre-Hispanic City of Cantona (2001)
- Great City of Chicomostoc-La Quemada (2001)
- Historic Town of San Sebastián del Oeste (2001)
- Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo's Home-Study Museum (2001)
- Vallée des Cierges (2004)
- Aire de protection de la flore et de la faune Cuatrociénegas (2004)
- Historical Town The Royal of the Eleven Thousand Virgins of Cosala in Sinaloa (2004)
News (14)
- UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova Presents World Heritage Certificate to President Peña Nieto of Mexico Thursday, July 16, 2015
- State of conservation of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (Mexico) Wednesday, May 6, 2015
- Sites in Latin America and Germany inscribed on World Heritage List Saturday, June 21, 2014
- Mount Etna and the Mountains of Pamir inscribed on World Heritage List alongside El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Friday, June 21, 2013
- Mexican tourism project cancelled to protect Gulf of California World Heritage site Saturday, June 30, 2012
Events (12)
- International meeting: UNESCO Conventions – An articulated vision from Ibero-America Oct 22, 2013-Oct 25, 2013
- The First Peopling of the Americas and the World Heritage Convention Sep 2, 2013-Sep 6, 2013
- International World Heritage Youth Forum: Living with Heritage: Temple, Environment and People (T.E.P.) Jun 8, 2013-Jun 17, 2013
- Meeting: Towards a plan for the international conservation of Maya sites inscribed on the World Heritage List Oct 29, 2012-Oct 30, 2012
- Training program for integrated Lake Ecosystem Conservation and sustainable use of Xochimilco’s "chinampa" agricultural production system Sep 1, 2012-Sep 2, 2012
Mexico
Acceptance of the Convention:
Thursday, February 23, 1984
1985-1991 1991-1997 1997-2003 2009-2013
Source: Official Relations (UNESCO/ERI)
H. E. Mr Porfirio Thierry Muñoz-Ledo
Ambassador
Permanent Delegate
Permanent Delegation of Mexico to UNESCO
Comision Mexicana de Cooperacion con la UNESCO - CONALMEX
www.dgri.sep.gob.mx/
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