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List of World Heritage Sites in America Area SNo Site Location Criteria Year Description ha (acre) Agave The site consists of a living, working Jalisco, Mexico 34,019 Landscape and landscape of blue agave fields and 20°51′47″N Cultural: (84,060); Ancient distilleries in Tequila, El Arenal and 1 103°46′43″W / (ii), (iv), buffer zone 2006 Industrial Amatitán where tequila is produced. It 20.86306°N (v), (vi) 51,261 Facilities of reflects more than 2,000 years of 103.77861°W (126,670) Tequila commercial use of the agave plant. The park exhibits a wide array of CubaHolguín and 69,341 geology types. It contains many Alejandro de Guantánamo, (171,350); Natural: biological species, including 16 of 2 Humboldt Cuba buffer zone 2001 (ix), (x) Cuba's 28 endemic plant species, as National Park 20°27′N 75°0′W / 34,330 well as animal species such as the 20.450°N 75.000°W (84,800) endangered Cuban Solenodon. 3,000 Calakmul is an important Maya site Ancient Maya Campeche, Mexico Cultural: (7,400); with a number of well preserved City of 18°7′21″N 89°47′0″W / 3 (i), (ii), buffer zone 2002 monuments that bear testimony to Calakmul, 18.12250°N (iii), (iv) 147,195 twelve centuries of Maya cultural and Campeche 89.78333°W (363,730) political development. Founded in the early 16th century, Antigua was the capital of the Kingdom of Guatemala and its GuatemalaSacatepéquez cultural, economic, religious, political Department, Cultural: Antigua and educational centre until a 4 Guatemala (ii), (iii), 49 (120) 1979 Guatemala devastating earthquake in 1773. Its 14°34′N 90°40′W / (iv) principal monuments have been 14.567°N 90.667°W preserved largely as ruins and are an excellent example of Spanish colonial architecture. During the 19th and early 20th CubaSantiago de Cuba Archaeological centuries, eastern Cuba was primarily and Guantánamo, Landscape of involved with coffea cultivation. The Cuba the First Coffee Cultural: 81,475 remnants of the plantations display the 5 20°00′20.5″N 2000 Plantations in (iii), (iv) (201,330) techniques used in the difficult terrain, 75°37′4.2″W / the South-East as well as the economic and social 20.005694°N of Cuba significance of the plantation system in 75.617833°W Cuba and the Caribbean. MexicoMiacatlán, Xochicalco is a well preserved Morelos Archaeological example of a fortified settlement from Mexico Monuments Cultural: the epiclassical period (650–900), the 6 18°48′37″N — 1999 Zone of (iii), (iv) time at which earlier powers such as 99°16′30″W / Xochicalco Teotihuacan ceased to exist and 18.81028°N cultural re-grouping took place. 99.27500°W GuatemalaIzabal Quiriguá is an ancient Maya Department, Archaeological Cultural: archaeological site that flourished Guatemala 7 Park and Ruins (i), (ii), — 1981 during the Late Classic. The ruins of 15°16′14″N 89°2′25″W of Quiriguá (iv) the site contain outstanding carved / 15.27056°N stelae and sculpted calendars. 89.04028°W Founded in 1519, Panamá Viejo was PanamaPanamá the first European settlement on the Archaeological District, Panamá Pacific coast of the Americas. The Site of Panamá Province, Cultural: Historic District is a 17th-century 8 Viejo and Panama (ii), (iv), 57 (140) 1997 replacement of the original town and Historic District 9°00′24″N 79°29′06″W (vi) preserves its street plan, architecture of Panama City / 9.00667°N and blend of Spanish, French and early 79.48500°W American styles. The adobe architecture of Paquimé Chihuahua, Mexico Archaeological Casas Grandes bear testimony to a 30°22′33″N Zone of Cultural: pre-Hispanic culture in northern 9 107°57′20″W / — 1998 Paquimé, Casas (iii), (iv) Mexico located between the Pueblo 30.37583°N Grandes culture and more advanced 107.95556°W Mesoamerican civilizations. Stretching from the Pacific across the Cordillera de Guanacaste to the Atlantic, the site contains a range of Costa RicaGuanacaste habitats, including some of the most Area de and Alajuela Provinces, pristine wetland forests worldwide and Natural: 147,000 10 Conservación Costa Rica 1999 the best dry forest habitats in Central (ix), (x) (360,000) Guanacaste 10°51′N 85°37′W / America; that provide space for several 10.850°N 85.617°W threatened plant and animal species such as the Saltwater crocodile, Leatherback sea turtle, Jaguar, Jabiru, Mahogany or Guyacan. BrazilParaná, São Paulo The site comprises some of the last 468,193 and Rio de Janeiro remaining Atlantic Forests and shows Atlantic Forest Natural: (1,156,930); states, a very high diversity with many rare 11 South-East (vii), buffer zone 1999 Brazil and endemic species. As such it is of Reserves (ix), (x) 1,223,557 24°10′S 48°0′W / high interest both for scientists and for (3,023,480) 24.167°S 48.000°W conservation. The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System is the largest reef system on BelizeBelize, Stann the northern hemisphere and harbors Creek and Toledo Belize Barrier Natural: several threatened species including Districts, 96,300 12 Reef Reserve (vii), 1996 Sea turtles, Manatees and the Belize (238,000) System (ix), (x) American crocodile. The site has been 17°19′N 87°32′W / listed as endangered since 2009 due to 17.317°N 87.533°W mangrove cutting and overdevelopment. Planned and developed by Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer in 1956, Brasília was created ex nihilo in order to move BrazilFederal District, the capital from Rio de Janeiro to a Brazil Cultural: 13 Brasília — 1987 more central position. Together with 15°47′S 47°54′W / (i), (iv) Chandigarh in India it is the only place 15.783°S 47.900°W where Corbusier's design principles of urbanism have been applied on large scale. Brazilian BrazilPernambuco and As one of the few insular habitats in 42,270 Atlantic Islands: Rio Grande do Norte, the South Atlantic, the site is essential Natural: (104,500); Fernando de Brazil as feeding ground and reproduction 14 (vii), buffer zone 2001 Noronha and 3°51′29″S 32°25′30″W space for marine organisms including (ix), (x) 140,713 Atol das Rocas / 3.85806°S endangered and threatened species, (347,710) Reserves 32.42500°W most notably the Hawksbill sea turtle. Saint Kitts and Built during the 17th and 18th NevisSaint Kitts, centuries by African slaves in a period Brimstone Hill Saint Kitts and Nevis Cultural: of European colonial expansion, the 15 Fortress 17°20′49″N — 1999 (iii), (iv) fortress is an exceptionally well National Park 62°50′14″W / preserved example of British military 17.34694°N architecture in the Caribbean. 62.83722°W United StatesIllinois, The ancient city of Cahokia was the Cahokia United States cultural, religious, and economic Cultural: 16 Mounds State 38°39′31″N 90°3′41″W — 1982 centre of the Mississippian culture. It (iii), (iv) Historic Site / 38.65861°N was the earliest and largest pre- 90.06139°W Columbian settlement north of Mexico. The site consists of a 1,400 km (870 mi) long section of a 2,600 km (1,600 mi) long trade route ("Silver Road") that was used from the mid- 16th to 19th century to transport 3,102 mainly silver from mines in northern Mexico (7,670); Camino Real de Cultural: Mexico and mercury imported from 17 22°36′N 102°23′W / buffer zone 2010 Tierra Adentro (ii), (iv) Europe. In addition to the road, 22.600°N 102.383°W 268,057 associated properties such as five (662,380) urban centres that have been designated separately as World Heritage Sites, religious and other buildings are included in the nomination. With high peaks, glaciers, lakes, waterfalls, canyons and limestone CanadaAlberta and caves, the National Parks that make up British Columbia, Natural: this site exemplify the exceptional Canadian Rocky 2,306,884 18 Canada (vii), 1984 features of the Rocky Mountains. Mountain Parks (5,700,430) 51°25′N 116°29′W / (viii) Furthermore, one of the world's most 51.417°N 116.483°W celebrated fossil fields, the Burgess Shale Formation is located within the inscribed property. The park is characterized by table-top mountains (tepui) that cover 65% of VenezuelaBolívar, Natural: the area and are of both geological and Canaima Venezuela (vii), 3,000,000 19 1994 biological interest, providing habitat to National Park 5°20′N 61°30′W / (viii), (7,400,000) a large number of endemic species. 5.333°N 61.500°W (ix), (x) Angel Falls, the world's highest waterfall is included in the property. United StatesNew More than 80 limestone caves notable Mexico, for their size and decorative rock Carlsbad Natural: United States 18,926 formations (speleothems), some of 20 Caverns (vii), 1995 32°10′0″N 104°23′0″W (46,770) which are assisted by bacteria, are National Park (viii) / 32.16667°N included in the property. Their ease of 104.38333°W access facilitates scientific research. As the largest protected area in the Amazon Basin, the site is notable for BrazilState of its high biodiversity, range of habitats Central Amazon Amazonas, Natural: 5,323,018 such as várzea and igapó forests and 21 Conservation Brazil 2000 (ix), (x) (13,153,460) number of endangered species. It has Complex 2°20′0″S 62°0′30″W / been recognized by various 2.33333°S 62.00833°W conservation agencies as a high priority region. The site comprises a large undisturbed SurinameSipaliwini tract of tropical forst with high Central District, Natural: 1,600,000 biodiversity, many endemic and 22 Suriname Nature Suriname 2000 (ix), (x) (4,000,000) threatened species.
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