Mexico

Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List

• Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila (2006)
• Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche (2002)
• Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco (1999)
• Archeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes (1998)
• 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)
• Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco (1993)

• Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California (2005)
• Sian Ka'an (1987)
• Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino (1993)

Properties submitted on the Tentative List

• Chapultepec Woods, Hill and Castle (2001)
• Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (2001)
• Former Jesuit Colleges in Tepotzotlán (2001)
• Historic Town of Alamos (2001)
• Church of Santa Prisca and its Surroundings (2001)
• Pre-Hispanic City of Cantona (2001)
• Churches in the Zoque Province, Chiapas (2001)
• Great City of Chicomostoc-La Quemada (2001)
• Mitla, Area of Archaeological Monuments (2001)
• Historic Town of San Sebastián del Oeste (2001)
• Pre-Historic Caves of Yagul and Mitla in Oaxaca's Central Valleys (2001)
• Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque (2001)
• The Ahuehuete Tree of Santa María del Tule (2001)
• Monterrey's Industrial Facilities: Foundry, Brewery and Glassworks (2001)
• Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe and Felix Candela's Industrial Buildings (2001)
• Railway Station in the City of Aguascalientes and its Housing Complex (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)
• Réserve de la Biosphère Mariposa Monarca (2004)
• Réserve de la Biosphère Selva El Ocote (2004)
• Sótano del Barro (2004)
• Historical Town The Royal of the Eleven Thousand Virgins of Cosala in Sinaloa (2004)
• Huichol Route through the sacred sites to Huiricuta (Tatehuari Huajuye) (2004)
• Complex formed by the Franciscan Convent and Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, Tlaxcala (as an extension of Popocateptl) (2004)
• Industrial complex of the textile factory La Constancia Mexicana and its housing area (2004)
• Région Lacan-Tún – Usumacinta (2004)
• Réserve de la Biosphère Banco Chinchorro (2004)
• Antique cité maya de Calakmul et la Réserve de la biosphère (2004)
• Sierra de San Francisco et ses peintures rupestres* [proposed for natural criteria] (2004)
• Réserve de la Biosphère El Pinacate et le Grand désert d’Altar (2004)
• Tecoaque (2004)
• Rock of Bernal, Sacred Places and Chapels of Otomí - Chichimeca Lineage, Queretaro's Semi-desert (2006)
• Town of San Miguel El Grande and the Sanctuary of “Jesus Nazareno” (Jesus of Nazareth) of Atotonilco (2006)
• Cuetzalan and its Historical, Cultural and Natural Surrounding (2006)
• San Luis Potosí on the Mercury and Silver Route of the Intercontinental Camino Real (2007)

Activities

• Linking Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Tourism at World Heritage Sites
• Activities in Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino

News

• Jun 29, 2007
  Twenty-two new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, and one deleted during Committee meeting in Christchurch

Events

• Feb 24, 2006 - Feb 28, 2006
  Mexico's World Heritage Sites Photographic Exhibition at UN Headquarters

Mandates to the World Heritage Committee

• 1985 - 1991
• 1991 - 1997
• 1997 - 2003

Contacts

• H. E. Mr Homero Aridjis Fuentes
  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Delegate
  Permanent Delegation of Mexico to UNESCO
  Maison de l'UNESCO
  Bureaux M7.48/42
  1, rue Miollis
  75732 PARIS Cedex 15
  Tel: 01.45.68.34.83; 01.45.68.33.55; 01.45.68.33.70; 01.45.68.34.83
  Fax: 01.47.34.92.45
  EMail: dl.mexique@unesco.org
  Source: UNESCO/ERC
• Comisión Mexicana de Cooperación con la UNESCO- CONALMEX
  Presidenta: Sra. Josefina Vázquez Mota
  Secretario General: S. Exc. Sr. Carlos García de Alba
  Donceles No. 100, 2° piso
  06020 Centro Histórico
  MEXICO, D.F.
  MEXICO
  Tel: (52 55) 30 03 69 40; (52 55) 30 03 69 48;
  Fax: (52) 55 53 29 69 43; (52) 55 53 29 69 47;
  EMail: dgri@sep.gob.mx;
  Web Site: http://www.sep.gob.mx (Secretaría de Educación Pública)
  Source: UNESCO/ERC