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 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 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 . 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 . 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 . 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 Suriname 2000 (ix), (x) (4,000,000) threatened species. Due to topography Reserve 4°0′N 56°30′W / and the range of soil conditions, it has 4.000°N 56.500°W various ecoregions. Built from 1949 and 1952 by more Central than 60 architects, the buildings, open University City spaces and sports facilities combine Mexico City, Mexico Campus of the 177 (440); modern architecture with references to 19°19′56″N Cultural: Universidad buffer zone local pre-Hispanic traditions. They 23 99°11′17″W / (i), (ii), 2007 Nacional 1,102 showcase universal ideals such as 19.33222°N (iv) Autónoma de (2,720) access to education and improvement 99.18806°W México in the quality of life that were (UNAM) prevalent in post-revolutionary Mexico. Cerrado BrazilCentral Brazil The two parks are characteristic of the Protected Areas: Plateau, State of Goiás, cerrado, one of the world's oldest Chapada dos Brazil Natural: 367,356 24 2001 tropical ecosystems and an important Veadeiros and 14°0′20″S 47°41′5″W / (ix), (x) (907,760) refuge for species in times of climate Emas National 14.00556°S change. Parks 47.68472°W United StatesNew Notable for its monumental buildings, Mexico, the site bears testimony to a Pueblo United States Cultural: culture that dominated large parts of 25 Chaco Culture 36°3′50″N — 1987 (iii) present day south-western United 107°58′15″W / States from the mid-9th to early 13th 36.06389°N centuries. 107.97083°W The city of Chan Chan served as the capital of the Chimú culture. The Chimú kingdom developed along the coast of northern . Chan Chan is PeruLa Libertad, divided into nine walled units Chan Chan Peru Cultural: indicating political and social division. 26 Archaeological 600 (1,500) 1986 8°6′S 79°5′W / 8.100°S (i), (iii) The Chimú were conquered by the Zone 79.083°W Inca in 1470. The site was listed to the List of World Heritage in Danger when it was first inscribed, as the adobe constructions are easily damaged by heavy rain and erosion. The Chavín culture developed in the Andean highlands between 1500 and 300 BC, and the site now known as PeruHuari Province, Chavín de Huantar served as the Ancash, Chavín center. The site consists of a complex Peru Cultural: 27 (Archaeological — 1985 of terraces and squares cut from rock. 9°35′34″S 77°10′42″W (iii) Site) It is believed the Chavín were / 9.59278°S primarily a religious-based society 77.17833°W whose influence resulted from their culture, rather than aggressive expansion. ChileChiloé Province, The churches are the most prominent Los Lagos Region, example of Chilota wooden Churches of Cultural: architecture fusing European and 28 — 2000 Chiloé 42°30′0″S 73°46′0″W / (ii), (iii) indigenous traditions. They are a result 42.50000°S of 17th and 18th century Jesuit 73.76667°W missions. Cuzco was developed by the Inca king Pachacutec, who ruled the Kingdom of Cuzco as it expanded to become the in the 15th century. It PeruCuzco, became the most important city of the Peru Inca Empire, divided into distinct areas Cultural: 29 City of Cuzco 13°31′20″S 71°59′0″W — 1983 for religious and administrative use, (iii), (iv) / 13.52222°S and surrounded by an organized 71.98333°W system of agriculture, artisan, and industrial uses. After the Spanish conquered the empire in the 16th century, they built Baroque churches and buildings over the Inca ruins. Following the discovery of the New BoliviaPotosí, Potosí World's largest silver reserves in the Department, mid-16th century, Potosí was regarded Cultural: Bolivia as the world's largest industrial 30 City of Potosí (ii), (iv), 130 (320) 1987 19°35′1″S 65°45′11″W complex of the time. The site contains (vi) / 19.58361°S industrial facilities of the Cerro Rico, 65.75306°W colonial public and residential architecture. EcuadorQuito, Quito Built in Spanish colonial style, the Canton, Pichincha former capital of the Royal Audiencia Province, Cultural: of Quito.The Historic Center of Quito 31 City of Quito 320 (790) 1978 (ii), (iv) is the most original and best preserved 0°0′14″N 78°30′0″W / historic center of its kind in Latin 0.00389°N 78.50000°W America. VenezuelaMunicipality Designed by Carlos Raúl Villanueva, of Libertador, Caracas, the university campus is considered a Ciudad Venezuela masterpiece of early 20th century Cultural: 32 Universitaria de 10°29′27″N — 2000 architecture and urban planning. It (i), (iv) Caracas 66°53′26″W / derives from colonial traditions, 10.49083°N providing an airy solution well suited 66.89056°W to the tropical climate. Costa RicaPuntarenas As the only island in the tropical Province, eastern Pacific, Cocos Island provides Cocos Island Natural: 199,790 33 Costa Rica 1997 unique marine habitats for large National Park (ix), (x) (493,700) 5°32′N 87°4′W / pelagic fish such as sharks, tuna, 5.533°N 87.067°W dolphins or rays. 141,120 The 100 year old coffee cultivation in Coffee Cultural Colombia Colombia (348,700); is emblematic of Colombian culture Cultural: 34 Landscape of 5°28′N 75°41′W / buffer zone 2011 and has impacted cultural and social (v), (vi) Colombia 5.467°N 75.683°W 207,000 traditions in music, architecture, (510,000) cuisine, education and others. The park protects islands and marine areas in the Gulf of Chiriquí and is home to an exceptionally large number Coiba National PanamaVeraguas and of endemic mammals, birds and plants Park and its Chiriquí Provinces, Natural: 270,125 as well as to a several threatened 35 Special Zone of Panama 2005 (ix), (x) (667,490) species. The marine ecosystem is Marine 7°26′N 81°46′W / characterized by a very large Protection 7.433°N 81.767°W biodiversity with 760 species of marine fishes, 33 species of sharks and 20 species of cetaceans. Santo Domingo was founded in 1498 Dominican shortly after the arrival of Christopher RepublicDistrito Columbus on the island and had the Nacional, Cultural: Colonial City of first cathedral, hospital, customs house 36 Dominican Republic (ii), (iv), 93 (230) 1990 Santo Domingo and university built in the New World. 18°29′0″N 69°55′0″W / (vi) Its grid patterned town plan became the 18.48333°N model for other colonial towns in the 69.91667°W Americas. Founded in 1527, Coro was one of the earliest colonial towns in the Americas. Its earthen constructions are VenezuelaFalcón, the only extant example of fusion of 107 (260); Coro and its Venezuela Cultural: Caribbean with Spanish Mudéjar and 37 buffer zone 1993 Port 11°24′N 69°41′W / (iv), (v) Dutch architecture. The site has been 107 (260) 11.400°N 69.683°W listed as endangered since 2005 following damage due to heavy rain and the construction of various structures in the buffer zone. ArgentinaSanta Cruz Named for the paintings of hands, the Province, Cueva de las cave contains rock art from between Argentina Cultural: 38 Manos, Río — 1999 13,000 and 9,500 years ago that bear 47°9′0″S 70°40′0″W / (iii) Pinturas witness to the earliest human 47.15000°S inhabitants in . 70.66667°W Situated on the border between South and Central America, the park consists PanamaDarién of a wide range of habitats including Province, Natural: Darien National 597,000 sandy and rocky coastlines, 39 Panama (vii), 1981 Park (1,480,000) mangroves, swamps, upland and 7°44′N 77°33′W / (ix), (x) lowland tropical forests. Two Indian 7.733°N 77.550°W tribes, the Chocó and the Kuna live in the property. CubaGranma, Desembarco del Natural: The park features a unique karst Cuba 32,576 40 Granma (vii), 1999 topography with features such as 19°53′N 77°38′W / (80,500) National Park (viii) terraces, cliffs, and waterfalls. 19.883°N 77.633°W The park is noted for the beauty of its CanadaAlberta, badland landscape and as a major Canada Natural: fossil site. Specimens of every group Dinosaur 50°46′4″N 7,493 41 (vii), 1979 of cretaceous dinosaurs have been Provincial Park 111°29′32″W / (18,520) (viii) found here including those of 35 50.76778°N species dating more than 75 Million 111.49222°W years ago. BrazilAtlantic Coast, The site comprises some of the last Bahia and Espírito remaining Atlantic Forests and shows Discovery Coast Santo states, Natural: 111,930 a very high diversity with many rare 42 Atlantic Forest 1999 Brazil (ix), (x) (276,600) and endemic species. As such it is of Reserves 16°30′S 39°15′W / high interest both for scientists and for 16.500°S 39.250°W conservation. The site comprises 14 monasteries Earliest 16th- built by Augustinians, Franciscans and Morelos and Puebla, Century Dominicans near Popocatépetl Mexico Cultural: 43 Monasteries on — 1994 volcano. Stylistically they are 18°56′N 98°54′W / (ii), (iv) the Slopes of characterized by an emphasize on open 18.933°N 98.900°W Popocatepetl spaces, a concept that influenced architecture in Mexico and beyond. The 714,566 hectare site comprises two distinct parts: the dormant volcanic Pinacate Shield of black and red lava flows and desert pavements to El Pinacate and Sonora, Mexico 714,566 Natural: the east, and, in the west, the Gran Gran Desierto 32°00′00″N (1,765,730); (vii), Altar Desert with its ever changing and 44 de Altar 113°55′00″W / buffer zone 2013 (viii), varied sand dunes that can reach a Biosphere 32.00000°N 354,871 (x) height of 200 metres. This landscape Reserve 113.91667°W (876,910); of dramatic contrast notably features linear, star and dome dunes as well as several arid granite massifs, some as high as 650 metres. Veracruz, Mexico Flourishing from the early 9th to early 20°28′35″N El Tajin, Pre- Cultural: 13th century, El Tajin is the prime site 45 97°22′39″W / — 1992 Hispanic City (iii), (iv) of the period between the Teotihuacan 20.47639°N and Tenochtitlan empires. 97.37750°W The vast wetlands and coastal/marine habitats of the park have made it a sanctuary for many animals including 20 rare, endangered and threatened United StatesFlorida, Natural: species such as the Florida panther and Everglades United States 592,920 46 (viii), 1979 the manatee. The site has been National Park 25°19′N 80°56′W / (1,465,100) (ix), (x) endangered from 1993–2007 following 25.317°N 80.933°W damage due to Hurricane Andrew and since 2010 due to continued degradation and a loss of marine habitat. As outstanding examples of Spanish Fortifications on PanamaColón Province, military architecture, the forts were the Caribbean Panama Cultural: constructed in the 17th and 18th 47 Side of Panama: 9°33′14″N 79°39′21″W — 1980 (i), (iv) centuries to protect the Isthmus of Portobelo-San / 9.55389°N Panama which had been of great Lorenzo 79.65583°W importance to European colonial trade. These five missions were built jointly Querétaro, Mexico with the indios towards the final phase Franciscan 21°12′16″N of Christianization of Mexico in the Missions in the Cultural: 48 99°27′51″W / 104 (260) 2003 mid-18th century. They played an Sierra Gorda of (ii), (iii) 21.20444°N important role in the further Querétaro 99.46417°W evangalization of California, Arizona and Texas. BoliviaFlorida Samaipata consists of remains of a Province, Santa Cruz town, and more prominently a large Fuerte de Department, Cultural: 49 — 1998 sculpted rock (14th–16th centuries) Samaipata Bolivia (ii), (iii) thought to have been the ceremonial 18°10′S 63°49′W / centre of a pre-Hispanic culture. 18.167°S 63.817°W This remote archipelago of volcanic islands is famed for the high degree of endemism and is associated with Galápagos Province, Natural: Charles Darwin whose observations Galápagos Ecuador (vii), 14,066,514 50 1978 here contributed to the inception of Islands 0°40′S 90°30′W / (viii), (34,759,110) Darwin's theory of evolution by natural 0.667°S 90.500°W (ix), (x) selection. The site had been listed as endangered for various reasons 2007– 2010. Plunging down 1,500 m (4,900 ft) to the Colorado River, it is one of the world's most spectacular gorges. In United StatesArizona, Natural: addition the varying elevations of the United States Grand Canyon (vii), 493,077 canyon walls have created diverse 51 36°6′3″N 112°5′26″W / 1979 National Park (viii), (1,218,420) ecosystems for numerous endemic, 36.10083°N (ix), (x) rare and endangered species. The 112.09056°W river's erosion has exposed soils from the Precambrian to the Cenozoic often including a rich fossil assembly. With more than 3,500 plant species, United StatesTennessee Cultural: the park is among the largest remnants Great Smoky and North Carolina, (vii), 209,000 of Arcto-Tertiary Geoflora. It is also 52 Mountains United States 1983 (viii), (520,000) home to the world's largest number of National Park 35°36′N 83°26′W / (ix), (x) salamander species and famous for its 35.600°N 83.433°W mist-shrouded virgin forests. With deep ocean crust and rocks of the CanadaNewfoundland earth's mantle lying exposed, the park and Labrador, Natural: illustrates continental drift. Landlocked Gros Morne 180,500 53 Canada (vii), 1987 freshwater fjords, glacier-scoured National Park (446,000) 49°37′N 57°32′W / (viii) headlands in an ocean setting 49.617°N 57.533°W contribute to the natural beauty of this wilderness area. The property consists of remains of a CanadaAlberta camp, of trails and a tumulus of bones Canada of the American bison bearing Head-Smashed- 49°44′58″N Cultural: 54 — 1981 testimony to nearly 6000 years of In Buffalo Jump 113°37′26″W / (vi) communal hunting in which the bisons 49.74944°N were driven over a cliff, a practice 113.62389°W known as buffalo jump. Arequipa is built primarily on top of sillar, a white volcanic rock, the PeruArequipa, product of nearby El Misti volcano. Historical Peru 167 (410); Cultural: The architecture of the city is known 55 Centre of the 16°24′0″S 71°32′0″W / buffer zone 2000 (i), (iv) for its combination of traditional City of Arequipa 16.40000°S 165 (410) indigenous styles with the new 71.53333°W techniques of the European colonial settlers. NetherlandsWillemstad, Historic Area of Curaçao, Netherlands The architecture of the 17th-century Willemstad, Antilles Cultural: 86 (210); Dutch trading settlement Willemstad 56 Inner City and Netherlands (ii), (iv), buffer zone 1997 combines styles from the Netherlands Harbour, 12°6′7″N 68°54′8″W / (v) 87 (210) with Spanish and Portuguese colonial Curaçao 12.10194°N towns. 68.90222°W Bridgetown is an excellent example of BarbadosBridgetown a British colonial settlement built from Historic Barbados Cultural: 187 (460); the 17th to 19th century. Unlike Dutch 57 Bridgetown and 13°5′48″N 59°36′50″W (ii), (iii), buffer zone 2011 and Spanish settlements of the area, its Garrison / 13.09667°N (iv) 321 (790) the town is not laid out on a grid plan 59.61389°W but follows a serpentine urban design. Camagüey is among the first seven villages founded by the Spanish in Cuba, first settled in 1528. The CubaCamagüey, irregular organization of the city is Cuba 54 (130); distinct from the typical, orderly Historic Centre Cultural: 58 21°22′43″N 77°55′7″W buffer zone 2008 construction of most other Spanish of Camagüey (iv), (v) / 21.37861°N 276 (680) settlements. This maze-like style was 77.91861°W influenced by medieval European ideas and traditional construction methods of early immigrant masons and construction workers. The colonial old town of the first BrazilBahia state, Brazilian capital and town of the first Historic Centre Brazil slave market in the New World, has Cultural: 59 of Salvador de 12°58′0″S 38°30′0″W / — 1985 preserved a large number of brightly (iv), (vi) Bahia 12.96667°S colored Renaissance houses decorated 38.50000°W with stucco work from the 16th to 18th centuries. Founded in 1557 on an orthogonal EcuadorAzuay Historic Centre town plan, the townscape of Cuenca is Province, Cultural: of Santa Ana de an expression of the fusion of different 60 Ecuador (ii), (iv), 200 (490) 1999 los Ríos de societies and cultures and a showcase 2°53′0″S 78°59′0″W / (v) Cuenca of Renaissance urban design in Latin 2.88333°S 78.98333°W America. was founded by in 1535 as La Ciudad de los Reyes (City of the Kings). Until the PeruLima Province, middle of the 18th century, it was the Peru most important city in Spanish South Historic Centre Cultural: 61 12°3′5″S 77°2′35″W / 200 (490) 1988 America. The architecture and of Lima (iv) 12.05139°S decoration combine the style of both 77.04306°W the local population and Europe, such as in the Monastery of San Francisco, which was the site's original listing in 1988, before it was extended in 1991. Mexico City, built in the 16th century on the ruins of Tenochtitlan preserves Mexico City, Mexico Aztec ruins, the largest cathedral in the Historic Centre Cultural: 19°25′6″N 99°7′58″W / Americas and 19th/20th century public 62 of Mexico City (ii), (iii), — 1987 19.41833°N architecture. Xochimilco is and Xochimilco (iv), (v) 99.13278°W characterized by a network of canals and artificial islands () built in pre-Hispanic times. Built in the 16th century, Morelia still Michoacán, Mexico shows the original street layout and 19°42′16″N Cultural: has more than 200 historic buildings Historic Centre 63 101°11′30″W / (ii), (iv), 390 (960) 1991 constructed of locally available pink of Morelia 19.70444°N (vi) stone in a style fusing elements of 101.19167°W renaissance, baroque and neo- classicism. The site includes the pre-Columbian ceremonial site Monte Albán occupied Historic Centre Oaxaca, Mexico during a 1500 year period by , of Oaxaca and Cultural: 375 (930); 17°3′43″N 96°43′18″W Zapotecs and , the colonial 64 Archaeological (i), (ii), buffer zone 1987 / 17.06194°N town Oaxaca founded in 1529 and the Site of Monte (iii), (iv) 121 (300) 96.72167°W originally settlement Cuilapan Albán where Dominicans established a major monastery in the mid-16th century. Founded in 1531, Puebla is notable for its 16th/17th century cathedral and Puebla, Puebla, Mexico 597 (1,480); colonial houses some of which are Historic Centre 19°2′50″N 98°12′30″W Cultural: 65 buffer zone 1987 covered in blue tiles (azulejos). of Puebla / 19.04722°N (ii), (iv) 102 (250) Stylistically the Baroque district of 98.20833°W Puebla shows the fusion of European and American elements. ColombiaBolívar Mompox, founded in 1540 on a major Historic Centre Department, 458 (1,130); river has preserved in its historic Cultural: 66 of Santa Cruz de Colombia buffer zone 1995 centre the colonial past with many (iv), (v) Mompox 9°14′0″N 74°26′0″W / 632 (1,560) buildings still serving their original 9.23333°N 74.43333°W function. São Luís has preserved the complete BrazilMaranhão state, Cultural: rectangular town plan and a large Historic Centre Brazil 67 (iii), — 1997 number of historical buildings making of São Luís 2°30′51″S 44°18′9″W / (iv), (v) it a prime example of a Portuguese 2.51417°S 44.30250°W colonial town. A well-preserved example of Baroque BrazilMinas Gerais, architecture, this 18th-century colonial Historic Centre Brazil Cultural: town was founded in an inhospitable 68 of the Town of 18°40′0″S 43°36′0″W / 29 (72) 1999 (ii), (iv) environment of rocky mountains and Diamantina 18.66667°S became a center of diamond mining in 43.60000°W the 18th and 19th centuries. Founded in 1727 by the bandeirante BrazilGoiás, explorer Bartolomeu Bueno da Silva, Historic Centre Brazil 40 (99); Cultural: Goiás has preserved much of its 69 of the Town of 15°56′0″S 50°8′0″W / buffer zone 2001 (ii), (iv) colonial heritage and is an example of Goiás 15.93333°S 44 (110) a European settlement in the interior of 50.13333°W South America. Founded in 1537 the town prospered as a centre of sugar-cane production. BrazilPernambuco, Following looting by the Dutch in the Historic Centre 120 (300); Brazil Cultural: 17th century, the historic centre dates 70 of the Town of buffer zone 1982 8°0′48″S 34°50′42″W / (ii), (iv) largely to the 18th century with a Olinda 920 (2,300) 8.01333°S 34.84500°W harmonious combination of buildings, gardens, churches, convents and chapels. Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Zacatecas prospered as a center of Mexico silver production in the 16th and 17th Historic Centre 22°46′0″N Cultural: centuries. The designated property 71 110 (270) 1993 of Zacatecas 102°33′20″W / (ii), (iv) comprises religious and secular 22.76667°N buildings with most of them dating to 102.55556°W the 17th and 18th centuries. BoliviaOropeza Province, Chuquisaca Founded by the Spanish in 1538, Sucre Department, has retained many of its 16th century Historic City of Cultural: 72 Bolivia 114 (280) 1991 religious buildings showing the fusion Sucre (iv) 19°2′35″S 65°15′33″W of local and European architectural / 19.04306°S styles. 65.25917°W CanadaQuebec City, Quebec Founded by the French in the 17th Canada century, the urban ensemble of Old Historic District Cultural: 73 46°48′34″N — 1985 Québec is the most complete example of Old Québec (iv), (vi) 71°12′38″W / of a European fortified town north of 46.80944°N Mexico. 71.21056°W Campeche is a typical example of a Campeche, Campeche, Baroque Spanish colonial town with a Mexico Historic grid layout. Its fortifications built in 19°50′47″N Cultural: 74 Fortified Town 181 (450) 1999 the 17th and 18th centuries as defense 90°32′14″W / (ii), (iv) of Campeche against pirates are an excellent 19.84639°N example of military architecture of the 90.53722°W time. Founded as a Dutch colonial town in SurinameParamaribo the 17th century, Paramaribo has Historic Inner District, 30 (74); Cultural: preserved its unique street plan with 75 City of Suriname buffer zone 2002 (ii), (iv) buildings showing the gradual Paramaribo 5°49′34″N 55°9′0″W / 60 (150) influence of Dutch architectural 5.82611°N 55.15000°W traditions. Querétaro has preserved many of its Querétaro, Querétaro, Historic buildings from the 17th and 18th Mexico Monuments Cultural: century and is exceptional for its street 76 20°35′0″N 100°22′0″W — 1996 Zone of (ii), (iv) plan which has both, the grid plan / 20.58333°N Querétaro typical of Spanish colonial towns and 100.36667°W twisting alleys in the Indian quarters. Tlacotalpan, Veracruz, The layout and architecture of the Historic Mexico property is an exceptionally well- Monuments 18°36′30″N Cultural: preserved example of Spanish- 77 — 1998 Zone of 95°39′30″W / (ii), (iv) Caribbean fusion and is characterised Tlacotalpan 18.60833°N by wide streets, low houses in a variety 95.65833°W of styles and colors, and many trees. Founded in 1680 by the Portuguese, UruguayColonia the town changed hands between Historic Quarter Department, Spanish and Portuguese multiple times of the City of Uruguay Cultural: during the 17th and 18th centuries and 78 16 (40) 1995 Colonia del 34°28′4″S 57°51′12″W (iv) was finally lost to the Spanish. Its well Sacramento / 34.46778°S preserved townscape bears testimony 57.85333°W to the fusion of Spanish and Portuguese colonial styles. In the late 19th century Valparaíso ChileValparaíso prospered as a stopover point for ships Historic Quarter Province, 23 (57); travelling between the Atlantic and of the Seaport Chile Cultural: 79 buffer zone 2003 Pacific via the Straits of Magellan. Its City of 33°2′26″S 71°37′41″W (iii) 45 (110) historic quarter set on steep hillsides Valparaíso / 33.04056°S has bears testimony to this early phase 71.62806°W of globalization. At 2,340 metres (7,680 ft) above sea level, the site of Machu Picchu was constructed as an expansive mountain estate around the middle of the 15th PeruCuzco, Mixed: century, and abandoned approximately Historic Peru (i) (iii), 32,592 100 years later. It includes walls, 80 Sanctuary of 13°7′0″S 72°35′0″W / 1983 (vii), (80,540) terraces, and buildings constructed Machu Picchu 13.11667°S (ix) from rock. The city was home to about 72.58333°W 1,200 people, mostly priests, women, and children. It was left abandoned prior to the Spanish arrival in Cuzco most likely due to smallpox. Guanajuato, Historic Town The prosperity of the town as the Guanajuato, Mexico Cultural: of Guanajuato largest silver producer in the 18th 81 21°1′1″N 101°15′20″W (i), (ii), 190 (470) 1988 and Adjacent century is reflected in beautiful / 21.01694°N (iv), (vi) Mines Baroque and neo-classical buildings. 101.25556°W BrazilMinas Gerais, The prosperity of the town as the Brazil center of the Brazilian gold rush in the Historic Town 20°23′20″S Cultural: 18th century is reflected in a large 82 — 1980 of Ouro Preto 43°30′20″W / (i), (iii) number of preserved churches, bridges 20.38889°S and fountains many of them designed 43.50556°W by the Baroque sculptor Aleijadinho. BermudaSt. George Historic Town The oldest English town in the New Bermuda of St George World, St George's fortifications bear 32°22′46″N Cultural: 83 and Related 258 (640) 2000 testimony to the development of 64°40′40″W / (iv) Fortifications, English military architecture from the 32.37944°N Bermuda 17th to 20th centuries. 64.67778°W The early 19th century Hospicio is one of the earliest hospital complexes in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Spanish America. Its architecture, Mexico designed with this purpose in mind, Hospicio Cultural: 20°40′26″N contains several unique features and is 84 Cabañas, (i), (ii), — 1997 103°20′23″W / notable for the size, simplicity and Guadalajara (iii), (iv) 20.67389°N relationship between open and built 103.33972°W spaces. A series of murals by José Clemente Orozco is located within the complex. Huascarán National Park is located in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range PeruAncash, Natural: of the . It surrounds Huascarán, Huascarán Peru 340,000 85 (vii), 1985 the tallest peak in Peru. The physical National Park 9°20′S 77°24′W / (840,000) (viii) environment includes glaciers, ravines, 9.333°S 77.400°W and lakes, while the park is home to several regional animal species. Situated in the Atacama Desert, the two saltpeter works are representative of the saltpeter industry that flourished in northern Chile in the 19th and early ChileTarapacá, 20th century and brought together Chile people from different parts of South Humberstone Cultural: 20°12′30″S America and Europe creating a unique 86 and Santa Laura (ii), (iii), — 2005 69°47′40″W / culture with its own language and Saltpeter Works (iv) 20.20833°S customs. The site has been listed as 69.79444°W endangered since 2005 due to damage, vandalism, looting and the general fragile nature of the structures as a result of a 40 years' lack of maintenance. Together with Iguazú National Park on the Argentinian side, the park protects Iguazu Falls, one of the world's largest BrazilParaná, waterfalls, and is home to many rare Iguaçu National Brazil Natural: 170,086 and endangered species such as Giant 87 1986 Park 25°41′S 54°26′W / (vii), (x) (420,290) Anteater or the Giant Otter. The site 25.683°S 54.433°W had been listed as endangered 1999– 2001 due to an illegally opened road through the park, dams on the Iguazu River and helicopter flights. Together with Iguaçu National Park on ArgentinaMisiones the Brazilian side, the park protects Province, Iguazu Falls, one of the world's largest Iguazú National Argentina Natural: 55,000 waterfalls. Its subtropical rainforest is 88 1984 Park 25°31′5″S 54°8′0″W / (vii), (x) (140,000) home to more than 2000 species of 25.51806°S vascular plants and large mammals 54.13333°W such as tapirs, Giant Anteaters, Howler monkeys, ocelots and jaguars. The Jakobshavn Glacier, calves into the Ilulissat fjord is one of the most DenmarkIlulissat, active glaciers moving at 19 western Greenland, Natural: metres/day and accounting for 10% of 402,400 89 Ilulissat Icefjord Denmark (vii), 2004 the Greenlandish calf ice. Similar (994,000) 69°8′N 49°30′W / (viii) phenomena exist in Antarctica, 69.133°N 49.500°W however its relative ease of access for scientists and visitors makes it unique in the world. United Both the Declaration of Independence StatesPhiladelphia, and the United States Constitution Pennsylvania, were signed in this building. Concepts Independence Cultural: 90 United States — 1979 of freedom and democracy set forth in Hall (vi) 39°56′55″N 75°9′0″W / these documents have influenced 39.94861°N charters of many countries and the UN 75.15000°W charter. As the most complete continental ArgentinaSan Juan and fossil site of the Triassic period (245– Ischigualasto / La Rioja Province Natural: 275,369 208 million years ago), the propertie's 91 Talampaya Argentina 2000 (viii) (680,450) remains of mammals, dinosaurs and Natural Parks 30°0′S 68°0′W / plants reveal the evolution of 30.000°S 68.000°W vertebrates. The property has marine and insular habitats including bridge islands and Baja California, Baja oceanic islands. It constitutes a unique Islands and California Sur, Sonora, Natural: ecoregion of exceptional biodiversity Protected Areas Sinaloa and Nayarit, 92 (vii), — 2005 with 695 species of plant, 891 species of the Gulf of Mexico (ix), (x) of fish (90 of which are endemic), California 27°38′N 112°33′W / 39% of the world's 27.633°N 112.550°W species, and a large number of bird species. Founded in the early 17th century, this ArgentinaCórdoba Jesuit reduction has preserved the Argentina Jesuit Block and university, church, residences and five 31°25′14″S Cultural: 93 Estancias of — 2000 farming estates (estancias), illustrating 64°11′28″W / (ii), (iv) Córdoba the missionary and economic activities 31.42056°S carried out by the Jesuits over a period 64.19111°W of 150 years in the New World. Jesuit Missions The ruins of these Jesuit reductions Paraguay of La Santísima bear testimony to the missionary, Paraguay Cultural: 94 Trinidad de — 1993 social and economical activities of the 27°8′S 55°42′W / (iv) Paraná and Jesús Jesuits in the Rio de la Plata Basin in 27.133°S 55.700°W de Tavarangue the 17th and 18th centuries. Six settlements in the Chiquitania have BoliviaSanta Cruz been preserved as living heritage of Department, their past as Jesuit reductions in the Jesuit Missions Cultural: 95 Bolivia — 1990 17th and 18th centuries. Their of Chiquitos (iv), (v) 16°0′S 60°30′W / churches largely restored in the late 16.000°S 60.500°W 20th century are a fusion of indigenous and European architectural traditions. Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: San Ignacio ArgentinaMisiones Miní, Santa Province, Argentina* Ana, Nuestra Each of the five ruined Jesuit missions and Rio Grande do Sul, Señora de founded amidst a tropical forest in the Brazil* Cultural: 96 Loreto and — 1983 land of the Guaraní people in the 17th 28°32′36″S (iv) Santa María and 18th centuries is characterized by 54°15′57″W / Mayor a specific design. 28.54333°S (Argentina), 54.26583°W Ruins of São Miguel das Missões (Brazil) CanadaNova Scotia This paleontological site contains the Canada 689 (1,700); most complete terrestrial fossil record Joggins Fossil Natural: 97 45°42′35″N 64°26′9″W buffer zone 2008 of the Carboniferous period including Cliffs (viii) / 45.70972°N 29 (72) tracks of early animals and of the 64.43583°W rainforest they lived in. Joya de Cerén are the remains of a El SalvadorOpico, La pre-Hispanic farming community that Libertad Department, Joya de Cerén has been preserved largely intact El Salvador Cultural: 98 Archaeological — 1993 buried under a volcanic eruption 13°49′39″N 89°22′9″W (iii), (iv) Site around 590 AD. It provides valuable / 13.82750°N archaeological for everyday life in the 89.36917°W 6th century. These parks comprise the world's Kluane / CanadaBritish largest non-polar icefield, some of the Wrangell-St Columbia and Yukon, Natural: largest glaciers and a tectonically Elias / Glacier Canada*; (vii), 9,839,121 99 1979 active mountain landscape. They are Bay / Alaska, United States* (viii), (24,313,000) home to a number of species Tatshenshini- 61°12′N 141°0′W / (ix), (x) endangered elsewhere such as bears, Alsek 61.200°N 141.000°W wolves, caribou and Dall sheep. United StatesSan Juan, Puerto Rico was of prime strategic La Fortaleza and Puerto Rico, importance during the American San Juan United States Cultural: colonial period illustrated by the 100 National — 1983 18°28′0″N 66°7′30″W / (vi) fortifications built between the 15th Historic Site in 18.46667°N and 19th century to protect the harbour Puerto Rico 66.12500°W of San Juan. CanadaNova Scotia, Canada Landscape of Natural: 1,323 101 45°7′6″N 64°18′26″W / 2012 Grand Pré (v), (vi) (3,270) 45.11833°N 64.30722°W CanadaNewfoundland These remains of an 11th-century L’Anse aux and Labrador Viking settlement are the first and only Meadows Canada Cultural: 102 — 1978 known site of Norse presence and the National 51°28′0″N 55°37′0″W / (vi) earliest known European settlement in Historic Site 51.46667°N America outside of Greenland. 55.61667°W Built over more than 150 years starting NicaraguaLeón in the mid-18th century, the cathedral's Nicaragua 0.77 (1.9); architecture is a fusion of different 12°26′06″N Cultural: 103 León Cathedral buffer zone 2011 styles from Baroque to Neoclassicism 86°52′41″W / (ii), (iv) 13 (32) and an expression of a new Latin 12.43500°N American society that developed 86.87806°W around the 18th century. The large designs in the Nazca Desert are believed to have been created by Lines and PeruNazca, the between 400 and 650 Geoglyphs of Peru Cultural: AD. They were created by scratching 104 Nazca and 14°43′33″S 75°8′55″W (i), (iii), — 1994 lines into the ground surface. Designs Pampas de / 14.72583°S (iv) include animals such as a monkey and Jumana 75.14861°W hummingbird, plants, and geographic shapes on a large scale. It is believed that they served a ritualistic purpose. ArgentinaSanta Cruz Province This National Park is of exceptional Natural: Argentina 445,900 beauty comprising high peaks, glacial 105 Los Glaciares (vii), 1981 50°0′0″S 73°14′58″W / (1,102,000) lakes and glaciers, some of which are (viii) 50.00000°S advancing. 73.24944°W Situated at the Darién Gap, Los Katíos comprizes hills, forests and humid ColombiaAntioquia and plains that are notable for their Chocó Departments, exceptional bio-diversity including Los Katíos Natural: 72,000 106 Colombia 1994 many endangered animal species and National Park (ix), (x) (180,000) 7°40′N 77°0′W / endemic plants. The site has been 7.667°N 77.000°W listed as endangered since 2009 due to deforestation, illegal fishing and hunting. Built in 1948, the house and studio of Mexico City, Mexico Luis Barragán 0.12 (0.30); Mexican architect Luis Barragán 19°25′6″N 99°11′54″W Cultural: 107 House and buffer zone 2004 combines traditional and modern / 19.41833°N (i), (ii) Studio 23 (57) influences and is considered a 99.19833°W masterpiece of the Modern Movement. ColombiaCauca Malpelo Fauna Department, Natural: 857,500 108 and Flora Colombia (vii), 2006 (2,119,000) Sanctuary 3°58′N 81°37′W / (ix) 3.967°N 81.617°W United StatesKentucky, Natural: United States Mammoth Cave (vii), 21,191 The longest cave system known in the 109 37°11′14″N 86°6′11″W 1981 National Park (viii), (52,360) world. / 37.18722°N (x) 86.10306°W The park spreads from 150 metres (490 ft) to 4,200 metres (13,800 ft) above sea-level. Manú is home to PeruMadre de Dios, 1,000 bird species, over 200 species of Manú National Peru Natural: 1,716,295 110 1987 mammals (100 of which are bats), and Park 12°15′S 71°45′W / (ix), (x) (4,241,060) over 15,000 species of flowering 12.250°S 71.750°W plants. Prior to being recognized as a World Heritage site, it was designated as a biosphere reserve in 1977. HondurasCopán Department, Maya Site of Honduras Cultural: 111 — 1980 Copán 14°51′0″N 89°8′0″W / (iv), (vi) 14.85000°N 89.13333°W United StatesColorado, United States Mesa Verde 37°15′42″N Cultural: 112 — 1978 National Park 108°29′8″W / (iii) 37.26167°N 108.48556°W CanadaGaspé Peninsula, Quebec Miguasha Canada Natural: 113 87 (210) 1999 National Park 48°6′18″N 66°21′11″W (viii) / 48.10500°N 66.35306°W Michoacán and Mexico 13,552 Monarch State, Mexico (33,490); Butterfly 19°36′23″N Natural: 114 buffer zone 2008 Biosphere 100°14′30″W / (vii) 42,707 Reserve 19.60639°N (105,530) 100.24167°W United StatesVirginia, Monticello and United States Cultural: the University of 115 38°1′58″N 78°30′14″W (i), (iv), — 1987 Virginia in / 38.03278°N (vi) Charlottesville 78.50389°W Dominicasouth central Morne Trois part of the island, Natural: 6,857 116 Pitons National Dominica (viii), 1997 (16,940) Park 15°16′N 61°17′W / (x) 15.267°N 61.283°W CanadaNorthwest Territories Natural: Nahanni 476,560 117 Canada (vii), 1978 National Park (1,177,600) 61°33′N 125°35′W / (viii) 61.550°N 125.583°W ColombiaInza, Cauca National Department, Archeological Cultural: 118 Colombia — 1995 Park of (iii) 2°35′0″N 76°2′0″W / 2.58333°N 76.03333°W HaitiNord Department, National History Haiti Park – Citadel, 19°34′25″N Cultural: 119 — 1982 Sans Souci, 72°14′39″W / (iv), (vi) Ramiers 19.57361°N 72.24417°W BoliviaSanta Cruz Noel Kempff Department, Natural: 1,523,446 120 Mercado Bolivia 2000 (ix), (x) (3,764,520) National Park 14°16′S 60°52′W / 14.267°S 60.867°W Havana was founded in 1519 by Spanish colonists, growing to become one of the Caribbean's primary CubaLa Habana, shipbuilding centers by the 17th Cuba Old Havana and Cultural: century. The old city was built in the 121 23°8′0″N 82°21′0″W / 143 (350) 1982 its Fortifications (iv), (v) Baroque and Neoclassical styles. 23.13333°N Historical landmarks in Old Havana 82.35000°W include La Cabaña, the Cathedral of Havana and the Great Theatre of Havana. CanadaNova Scotia Canada Old Town 44°22′34″N Cultural: 122 — 1995 Lunenburg 64°18′33″W / (iv), (v) 44.37611°N 64.30917°W United StatesWashington, Natural: Olympic 369,660 123 United States (vii), 1981 National Park (913,400) 47°45′N 123°27′W / (ix) 47.750°N 123.450°W BrazilMato Grosso do Pantanal Sul and Mato Grosso, Natural: 187,818 124 Conservation Brazil (vii), 2000 (464,110) Area 17°43′S 57°23′W / (ix), (x) 17.717°S 57.383°W ArgentinaViedma Department Península Natural: 360,000 125 Argentina 1999 Valdés (x) (890,000) 42°30′S 64°0′W / 42.500°S 64.000°W Saint Lucianear Soufrière, Pitons Saint Lucia Natural: 2,909 126 Management 13°48′25.5″N (vii), 2004 (7,190) Area 61°4′13.3″W / (viii) 13.807083°N 61.070361°W ColombiaBolívar Port, Fortresses Department, and Group of Colombia Cultural: 127 — 1984 Monuments, 10°25′0″N 75°32′0″W / (iv), (vi) Cartagena 10.41667°N 75.53333°W Pre-Hispanic Chiapas, Mexico Cultural: City and 17°29′0″N 92°3′0″W / 128 (i), (ii), — 1987 National Park of 17.48333°N (iii), (iv) Palenque 92.05000°W Yucatán, Mexico Pre-Hispanic Cultural: 20°40′0″N 88°36′0″W / 129 City of Chichen- (i), (ii), — 1988 20.66667°N Itza (iii) 88.60000°W State of Mexico, Mexico Cultural: Pre-Hispanic 19°41′30″N (i), (ii), 130 City of — 1987 98°50′30″W / (iii), Teotihuacan 19.69167°N (iv), (vi) 98.84167°W Yucatán, Mexico 20°21′42″N Cultural: Pre-Hispanic 131 89°46′13″W / (i), (ii), — 1996 Town of Uxmal 20.36167°N (iii) 89.77028°W Prehistoric 1,515 Oaxaca, Mexico Caves of Yagul (3,740); 16°57′3″N 96°25′16″W Cultural: 132 and Mitla in the buffer zone 2010 / 16.95083°N (iii) Central Valley 3,860 96.42111°W of Oaxaca (9,500) Protective town Guanajuato, Mexico of San Miguel 20°54′52″N 47 (120); and the Cultural: 133 100°44′47″W / buffer zone 2008 Sanctuary of (ii), (iv) 20.91444°N 47 (120) Jesús Nazareno 100.74639°W de Atotonilco United StatesNew Mexico, United States Cultural: 134 Pueblo de Taos 36°26′20″N — 1992 (iv) 105°32′30″W / 36.43889°N 105.54167°W ArgentinaJujuy 172,116 Province Cultural: (425,310); Quebrada de Argentina 135 (ii), (iv), buffer zone 2003 Humahuaca 23°12′0″S 65°20′56″W (v) 369,649 / 23.20000°S (913,420) 65.34889°W CanadaNewfoundland and Labrador Canada 313 (770); Red Bay Basque Cultural: 136 51°43′36.93″N buffer zone 2013 Whaling Station (iii), (iv) 56°25′46.28″W / 285 (700) 51.7269250°N 56.4295222°W United StatesCalifornia, Redwood Natural: United States 56,883 137 National and (vii), 1980 41°22′N 124°0′W / (140,560) State Parks (ix) 41.367°N 124.000°W The Rideau Canal (French: Canal Rideau), also known as the Rideau Waterway, connects the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on the Ottawa River to the city of Kingston, Ontario on 21,455 Lake Ontario. The canal was opened in CanadaOntario (53,020); 1832 as a precaution in case of war Canada Cultural: 138 Rideau Canal buffer zone 2007 with the United States and is still in 45°0′N 75°46′W / (i), (iv) 2,363 use today, with most of its original 45.000°N 75.767°W (5,840) structures intact. The canal system uses sections of major rivers, including the Rideau and the Cataraqui, as well as some lakes. It is the oldest continuously operated canal system in North America. The park was created in 1983 in order to protect the region's rainforest habitat. The park is home to many PeruSan Martín, Mixed: endemic species such as the Yellow- Rio Abiseo Peru (iii), 274,520 139 1990 tailed Woolly Monkey, which was National Park 7°45′S 77°15′W / (vii), (678,400) thought to be extinct. The site is also 7.750°S 77.250°W (ix), (x) listed under cultural criteria, as over 30 Pre-Columbian sites have been discovered since 1985. The listed site consists of an exceptional urban setting rather than built heritage. It encompasses the key natural elements that have shaped and inspired the development of the city: from the highest points of the Tijuca National Park’s mountains down to the Rio de Janeiro: 7,249 sea. They also include the Botanical Carioca BrazilRio de Janeiro, (17,910); Gardens, established in 1808, Landscapes Brazil Cultural: 140 buffer zone 2012 Corcovado Mountain with its Between the 24°50′S 43°11′W / (vi) 8,621 celebrated statue of Christ and the hills Mountain and 24.833°S 43.183°W (21,300) around Guanabara Bay, including the the Sea extensive designed landscapes along Copacabana Bay which have contributed to the outdoor living culture of this spectacular city. Rio de Janeiro is also recognized for the artistic inspiration it has provided to musicians, landscapers and urbanists. HondurasLa Mosquitia, Honduras Natural: Río Plátano 15°44′40″N (vii), 500,000 141 Biosphere 1982 Endangered since 2011 84°40′30″W / (viii), (1,200,000) Reserve 15.74444°N (ix), (x) 84.67500°W Baja California Sur, Mexico Rock Paintings 27°39′20″N Cultural: 142 of the Sierra de — 1993 112°54′58″W / (i), (iii) San Francisco 27.65556°N 112.91611°W NicaraguaPuerto Momotombo, Municipality La Paz Centro, Department of Ruins of León León, Cultural: 143 — 2000 Viejo Nicaragua (iii), (iv) 12°23′50″N 86°36′37″W / 12.39722°N 86.61028°W The archaeological site belonged to the Norte Chico that inhabited PeruLima, the area during the Late Archaic Peru 626 (1,550); period. is one of 18 complex Cultural: Sacred City of 10°53′30″S buffer zone urban settlements in the region and 144 (ii), (iii), 2009 Caral-Supe 77°31′17″W / 14,620 features many monuments and (iv) 10.89167°S (36,100) . Caral is the earliest known 77.52139°W American settlement. A recovered from the site demonstrates its influence on later Andean cultures. ColombiaSan Augustin and San José de Isnos, San Agustín Huila Department, Cultural: 145 Archaeological — 1995 Colombia (iii) Park 1°55′0″N 76°14′0″W / 1.91667°N 76.23333°W BrazilCongonhas, Minas Gerais, Sanctuary of Brazil Cultural: 146 Bom Jesus do 20°29′59″S — 1985 (i), (iv) Congonhas 43°51′28″W / 20.49972°S 43.85778°W EcuadorMorona Santiago, Chimborazo Natural: and Tungurahua Sangay National (vii), 271,925 147 Provinces, 1983 Endangered 1992–2005 Park (viii), (671,940) Ecuador (ix), (x) 1°50′S 78°20′W / 1.833°S 78.333°W The large fort was built to defend the important port of Santiago de Cuba. CubaSantiago de Cuba The design of the fortification was San Pedro de la Province, based on Italian and Renaissance Roca Castle, Cuba Cultural: 148 — 1997 architecture. The complex of Santiago de 19°58′0″N 75°52′15″W (iv), (v) magazines, bastions, and batteries is Cuba / 19.96667°N one of the most complete and well- 75.87083°W preserved Spanish-American defense fortifications. BrazilSão Cristóvão, São Francisco Sergipe, 3.00 (7.4); Square in the Brazil Cultural: buffer zone 149 2010 Town of São 11°0′58″S 37°12′36″W (ii), (iv) 2,500 Cristóvão / 11.01611°S (6,200) 37.21000°W BrazilPiauí, Serra da Brazil Cultural: 150 Capivara — 1991 8°25′0″S 42°20′0″W / (iii) National Park 8.41667°S 42.33333°W ChileMachalí, Cachapoal Province, O'Higgins Region 17 (42); Sewell Mining Cultural: 151 Chile buffer zone 2006 Town (ii) 34°5′4″S 70°22′58″W / 33 (82) 34.08444°S 70.38278°W CanadaBritish Columbia, Canada Cultural: 152 SGang Gwaay 52°5′42″N — 1981 (iii) 131°13′13″W / 52.09500°N 131.22028°W Quintana Roo, Mexico Natural: 528,000 153 Sian Ka'an 19°23′N 87°48′W / 1987 (vii), (x) (1,300,000) 19.383°N 87.800°W United StatesNew York City, New York, United States Cultural: 154 Statue of Liberty — 1984 40°41′22″N 74°2′41″W (i), (vi) / 40.68944°N 74.04472°W Costa RicaSan José, Cartago, Limón and Talamanca Puntarenas Provinces, Range-La Natural: Costa Rica*; Bocas del Amistad (vii), 567,845 155 Toro and Chiriquí 1983 Reserves / La (viii), (1,403,180) Provinces, Panama* Amistad (ix), (x) 9°24′26″N 82°56′20″W National Park / 9.40722°N 82.93889°W GuatemalaPetén Mixed: Department, Tikal National (i), (iii), 57,600 156 Guatemala 1979 Park (iv), (142,000) 17°13′N 89°37′W / (ix), (x) 17.217°N 89.617°W BoliviaIngavi Province, Tiwanaku: La Paz Department, Spiritual and Bolivia Cultural: 157 Political Centre 16°33′30″S — 2000 (iii), (iv) of the Tiwanaku 68°40′40″W / Culture 16.55833°S 68.67778°W The city of Trinidad was founded in the early 16th century. In 1518, Hernán Cortés began his expedition to conquer Mexico from the port at Trinidad. The CubaSancti Spíritus city prospered throughout the colonial Province, Trinidad and the period in large part due to the success Cuba Cultural: 158 Valley de los — 1988 of the local sugar industry. The 21°48′11″N 79°59′4″W (iv), (v) Ingenios adjacent Valley de los Ingenios was / 21.80306°N the origin of the Cuban sugar industry, 79.98444°W which emerged in the 18th century. It is home to numerous cane sugar mills, as well as cattle ranches and tobacco plantations. Cienfuegos was founded in 1819 as a Spanish colony, though its first inhabitants were French immigrants. It CubaCienfuegos, became a trade center in the sugar Urban Historic Cuba cane, tobacco, and coffee trade because Cultural: 159 Centre of 22°8′50″N 80°27′10″W — 2005 of its location on the Bay of (ii), (v) Cienfuegos / 22.14722°N Cienfuegos. Because of its 80.45278°W establishment in the later colonial period, the architecture has more modern influences: including modern ideas of urban planning. The village of Viñales was founded in 1875 after the expansion of tobacco cultivation in the surrounding valley. CubaPinar del Río The Valley features a karst Province, Cultural: topography, vernacular architecture, 160 Viñales Valley Cuba — 1999 (iv) and traditional cultivation methods. 22°37′N 83°43′W / The Valley was also the site of various 22.617°N 83.717°W military engagements in the Cuban War of Independence and Cuban Revolution. CanadaAlberta, Waterton Canada*; Natural: Glacier Montana, United 457,614 161 (vii), 1995 International States* (1,130,790) (ix) Peace Park 49°0′N 113°54′W / 49.000°N 113.900°W Mulegé Municipality, Baja California Sur, Whale Sanctuary Natural: 370,950 162 Mexico 1993 of El Vizcaino (x) (916,600) 27°48′N 114°14′W / 27.800°N 114.233°W CanadaAlberta and Northwest Territories, Natural: Wood Buffalo 4,480,000 163 Canada (vii), 1983 National Park (11,100,000) 59°22′N 112°18′W / (ix), (x) 59.367°N 112.300°W Wyoming and small Natural: areas of Montana and Yellowstone (vii), 898,349 164 Idaho, United States 1978 Endangered 1995–2003 National Park (viii), (2,219,870) 44°30′N 110°50′W / (ix), (x) 44.500°N 110.833°W California, United Natural: Yosemite States 308,283 165 (vii), 1984 National Park 37°45′N 119°36′W / (761,780) (viii) 37.750°N 119.600°W

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