List of World Heritage Sites in the Americas

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This is a list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the Americas (North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean). Hawaii and Easter Island are included here given their political ties to the Americas despite being geographically located in Oceania. Mexico is the country with the most sites in the region, and has the fifth most in the world.

Contents 1 Argentina 2 Belize 3 Bermuda 4 Bolivia 5 Brazil 6 Canada 7 Chile 8 Colombia 9 Costa Rica 10 Cuba 11 Dominica 12 Dominican Republic 13 Ecuador 14 El Salvador 15 Greenland 16 Guatemala 17 Haiti 18 Honduras 19 Mexico 20 Netherlands Antilles 21 Nicaragua 22 Panama 23 Paraguay 24 Peru 25 Saint Kitts and Nevis 26 Saint Lucia 27 Suriname 28 United States 29 Uruguay 30 Venezuela 31 External links

[edit] Argentina

• Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas
• Iguazú National Park, home of Iguazu Falls (shared with Brazil)
• Ischigualasto Provincial Park and Talampaya National Park.
• Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba in Córdoba
• Los Glaciares National Park
• Península Valdés
• Quebrada de Humahuaca
• Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: San Ignacio Miní, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa María Mayor (plus São Miguel das Missões in Brazil)

[edit] Belize

• Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System

[edit] Bermuda

• Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda

[edit] Bolivia

• City of Potosí
• Fuerte de Samaipata
• Historic City of Sucre
• Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
• Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
• Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture

[edit] Brazil

• Atlantic Forest Southeast Reserves
• Brasília
• Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves
• Central Amazon Conservation Complex
• Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks
• Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves
• Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia
• Historic Centre of São Luís
• Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina
• Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás
• Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda
• Historic Town of Ouro Preto
• Iguaçu National Park
• Pantanal Conservation Area
• Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas
• Serra da Capivara National Park
• Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: Ruins of São Miguel das Missões in Rio Grande do Sul (shared with Argentina)

[edit] Canada

• Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks in Alberta and British Columbia
• Dinosaur Provincial Park - Alberta
• Gros Morne National Park - Newfoundland
• Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump - Alberta
• Historic District of Quebec City - Quebec
• Joggins Fossil Cliffs, The - Nova Scotia
• Kluane-Wrangell-St. Elias-Glacier Bay-Tatshenshini-Alsek (partially in Yukon and British Columbia, Canada, and Alaska, United States)
• L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site - Newfoundland and Labrador
• Miguasha National Park - Quebec
• Nahanni National Park Reserve - Northwest Territories
• Old Town Lunenburg - Nova Scotia
• Rideau Canal including Fort Henry National Historic Site - Ontario
• SGang Gwaay - British Columbia
• Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park (Union of both the Waterton Lakes (Alberta, Canada) and the Glacier (Montana, USA) National Parks)
• Wood Buffalo National Park in both Alberta and the Northwest Territories

[edit] Chile

• Churches of Chiloé
• Rapa Nui National Park on Easter Island (Moais)
• Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso
• Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
• Sewell Mining Town

[edit] Colombia

• Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox
• Los Katíos National Park
• Malpelo Island Fauna and Flora Sanctuary
• National Archaeological Park of Tierradentro
• Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena
• San Agustín Archaeological Park

[edit] Costa Rica

• Area de Conservación Guanacaste
• Cocos Island National Park
• La Amistad International Park (shared with Panama)

[edit] Cuba

• Old Havana and its Fortifications
• Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
• San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba
• Desembarco del Granma National Park
• Viñales Valley
• Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba
• Alejandro de Humboldt National Park
• Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos
• Historic Centre of Camagüey

[edit] Dominica

• Morne Trois Pitons National Park

[edit] Dominican Republic

• Colonial City of Santo Domingo

[edit] Ecuador

• City of Quito
• Galápagos Islands
• Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca
• Sangay National Park

[edit] El Salvador

• Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site

[edit] Greenland

• Ilulissat Icefjord

[edit] Guatemala

• Antigua Guatemala
• Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua
• Tikal National Park

[edit] Haiti

• National History Park — Citadel, Sans-Souci, Ramiers

[edit] Honduras

• Maya Site of Copán
• Río Platano Biosphere Reserve

[edit] Mexico

• Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila, Jalisco
• Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche
• Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco, Morelos
• Archeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua
• Central University City Campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City
• Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatépetl, Puebla and Morelos
• Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro
• Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco
• Historic Centre of Morelia, Michoacán
• Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán, Oaxaca
• Historic Centre of Puebla, Puebla
• Historic Centre of Zacatecas, Zacatecas
• Historic Fortified Town of Campeche, Campeche
• Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro
• Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan, Veracruz
• Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines
• Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara, Jalisco
• Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California
• Luis Barragán House and Studio
• Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Michoacán and Estado de México
• Pre-Hispanic City of El Tajín, Veracruz
• Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque, Chiapas
• Pre-Hispanic City of Chichén-Itzá, Yucatán
• Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan, Estado de México
• Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal, Yucatán
• Protective Town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco, Guanajuato
• Rock Paintings of Sierra de San Francisco, Baja California
• Sian Ka'an, Quintana Roo
• Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaíno, Gulf of California

[edit] Netherlands Antilles

• Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour

[edit] Nicaragua

• Ruins of León Viejo

[edit] Panama

• Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo
• Darien National Park
• Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park (shared with Costa Rica)
• Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá
• Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection

[edit] Paraguay

• Jesuit Missions of La Santisima Trinidad de Parana and Jesus de Tavarangue

[edit] Peru

• Chan Chan Archaeological Zone
• Chavin (Archaeological site)
• City of Cusco
• Historic centre of Lima
• Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
• Historic centre of Arequipa
• Huascaran National Park
• Lines and Geoglyphs of Nazca and Pampas de Jumana
• Manu National Park
• Rio Abiseo National Park
• Sacred City of Caral-Supe

[edit] Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park

[edit] Saint Lucia

• Pitons Management Area

[edit] Suriname

• Central Suriname Nature Reserve
• Historic Inner City of Paramaribo

[edit] United States

• Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site - Illinois
• Carlsbad Caverns National Park - New Mexico
• Chaco Culture - New Mexico
• Everglades National Park - Florida
• Grand Canyon National Park - Arizona
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Tennessee and North Carolina
• Hawaii Volcanoes National Park - Hawaii
• Independence Hall - Pennsylvania
• Kluane/Wrangell-St. Elias/Glacier Bay/Tatshenshini-Alsek - Alaska (shared with Canada)
• La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site - Puerto Rico
• Mammoth Cave - Kentucky
• Mesa Verde National Park - Colorado
• Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville - Virginia
• Olympic National Park - Washington
• Redwood National and State Parks - California
• Pueblo de Taos - New Mexico
• Statue of Liberty - New York
• Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park (union of Waterton Lakes (Canada) and Glacier (U.S.) parks) - Montana (shared with Canada)
• Yellowstone National Park - Wyoming, extending into Montana and Idaho
• Yosemite National Park - California

[edit] Uruguay

• Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento

[edit] Venezuela

• Canaima National Park
• Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas
• Coro and its Port

[edit] External links

• UNESCO World Heritage Centre - Official site
• List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites - Official site
• VRheritage.org - documentation of World Heritage Sites
• Worldheritage-Forum - Information and Weblog on World Heritage Issues

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