World Heritage Site

A World Heritage Site is a place (such as a building, city, complex, desert, forest, island, lake, monument, or mountain) that is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as being of special cultural or physical significance.
The list is maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 UNESCO member states which are elected by the General Assembly.
The programme catalogues, names, and conserves sites of outstanding cultural or natural importance to the common heritage of humanity.
Under certain conditions, listed sites can obtain funds from the World Heritage Fund.
The program was founded with the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World's Cultural and Natural Heritage, which was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO on 16 November 1972.
Since then, 191 states parties have ratified the Convention, making it one of the most adhered to international instruments. Only Liechtenstein, Nauru, Somalia, South Sudan, Timor-Leste, and Tuvalu are not Party to the Convention.
As of July 2015, 1083 sites in 163 states parties.
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List of all World Heritage Site of Mexico

1 - Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco - Cultural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 1987
2 - Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán - Cultural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 1987
3 - Historic Centre of Puebla - Cultural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 1987
4 - Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque - Cultural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 1987
5 - Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan - Cultural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 1987
6 - Sian Ka'an - Natural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 1987
7 - Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines - Cultural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 1988
8 - Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza - Cultural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 1988
9 - Historic Centre of Morelia - Cultural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 1991
10 - El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City - Cultural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 1992
11 - Historic Centre of Zacatecas - Cultural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 1993
12 - Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco - Cultural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 1993
13 - Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino - Natural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 1993
14 - Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl - Cultural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 1994
15 - Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro - Cultural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 1996
16 - Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal - Cultural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 1996
17 - Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara - Cultural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 1997
18 - Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes - Cultural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 1998
19 - Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan - Cultural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 1998
20 - Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco - Cultural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 1999
21 - Historic Fortified Town of Campeche - Cultural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 1999
22 - Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche - Mixed, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 2002
23 - Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro - Cultural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 2003
24 - Luis Barragán House and Studio - Cultural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 2004
25 - Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California - Natural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 2005
26 - Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila - Cultural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 2006
27 - Central University City Campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) - Cultural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 2007
28 - Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve - Natural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 2008
29 - Protective town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco - Cultural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 2008
30 - Camino Real de Tierra Adentro - Cultural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 2010
31 - Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca - Cultural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 2010
32 - El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve - Natural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 2013
33 - Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque Hydraulic System - Cultural, Mexico-Latin America and the Caribbean - 2015

Total sites found: 33