World Heritage in the Philippines

The world heritage in the Philippines includes (as of 2018) six UNESCO world heritage sites , including three world cultural heritage sites and three world natural heritage sites. The Philippines ratified the World Heritage Convention in 1985, and the first two World Heritage sites were added to the World Heritage List in 1993. The last World Heritage site to date was registered in 2014, and nnn sites are on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger .

World heritage sites

The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the Philippines in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion on the World Heritage List (K - cultural heritage, N - natural heritage, K / N - mixed, (R) - on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger ).

 Map with all coordinates of World Heritage Sites: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Tubbataha Reef Natural Park ( location )	1993	N	653
	Baroque churches of the Philippines	1993	K	677	includes San Agustín in Manila and churches in Santa Maria , Paoay and Miagao
	Rice terraces in the Filipino Cordillera	1995	K	722	Batad, Bangaan, Hungduan, Mayoyao Central and Nagacadan rice terraces
	Historic city of Vigan ( location )	1999	K	502	oldest existing Spanish colonial city in the Philippines
	Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park ( location )	1999	N	652	near Puerto Princesa on Palawan
	Hamiguitan Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary	2014	N	1403	There are various vegetation zones with wing fruit plants , moss landscapes and pygmy forests on Mount Hamiguitan . Many plant and animal species on the Hamiguitan are endemic .

Tentative list

The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list .

Current World Heritage candidates

As of 2018, 19 sites are entered in the tentative list of the Philippines, the last entry was made in 2015. The following table lists the sites in chronological order according to the year they were included in the tentative list.

 Map with all coordinates of current World Heritage candidates: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Batanes Landscape and Marine Protected Areas	1993	K	521	Nature reserves in Batanes , the northernmost province of the Philippines.
Tabon Caves	Tabon Cave Complex and the whole Lipuun Point Reserve	2006	K	1860	In the Lipuun Point Reserve , the Tabon Cave complex is the site of the oldest fossil of a Homo sapiens in the Philippines.
	Archaeological dig sites in the Cagayan Valley	2006	K	2069
	Burial caves of the Kabayan mummies	2006	K	2070	Locations of the Kabayan mummies of the Ibaloi culture near Kabayan in the province of Benguet
	Butuan City Archaeological Dig Site	2006	K	2071	Excavation site in the valley of Agusan in the area of City Butuan City
Inmaculada Concepcion	Baroque churches in the Philippines	2006	K	3860	Planned expansion of the existing World Heritage site (Ref. 677 ) by five more churches: Church complex of Patrocinio de Maria, Church of La Inmaculada Concepcion, Church complex of San Pedro Apostol, Church complex of San Isidro Labrador, Church of San Mattias
Angono petroglyphs	Petroglyphs and Petrographs in the Philippines	2006	K	5018	Includes u. a. the earlier separate proposal of Angono Petroglyphs
	Sites of Neolithic clam heaps in Lal-lo and Gattaran	2006	K	5019	Sites with prehistoric clamshell rubbish heaps in the parishes of Lal-lo and Gattaran
(more pictures)	Chocolate Hills natural monument ( location )	2006	N	5024
	Mount Malindang National Park ( location )	2006	N	5029
	Mount Pulag National Park ( location )	2006	N	5030
(more pictures)	Apo Reef Marine Natural Park ( location )	2006	N	5033
	El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area ( location )	2006	N	5034
	Coron Island Protected Area ( location )	2006	N	5035
	Mount Iglit Baco National Park	2006	N	5036
	Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park and the surrounding areas in the buffer zone	2006	N	5037
	Mount Mantalinganhan Protected Landscape	2015	N	6006
	Mayon Volcano Natural Park ( location )	2015	N	6007	Natural park the volcano Mayon around
	Turtle Islands Wildlife Sanctuary ( location )	2015	N	6008	Wildlife sanctuary on the Turtle Islands in the Sulu Sea

Former World Heritage candidates

These sites were previously on the tentative list, but were withdrawn or rejected by UNESCO. Sites that are included in other entries on the tentative list or that are part of world heritage sites are not taken into account here.

 Map with all coordinates of former World Heritage candidates: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Intramuros - Historic Center of Manila ( Location )	1989-1989	K	990	walled historic center of Manila City
	Old town of Taal	1989-1989	K
	Jesuit Churches in the Philippines	1993-1993	K	514	Guiuan Church, Baclayon Church, Loboc Church and Maragondon Church
	Basílica de San Sebastián ( location )	2006-2015	K	518
	Spanish forts in the Philippines	2006-2015	K	520	included Fuerza de Capul , Dauis Watchtower , Fuerza Punta Cruz , Fuerza de San Andres and Fuerza de Sta. Isabel
	Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary	2006-2015	N	5023
	Tugaya Maranao Settlement	2006-2015	K	5017	Tugaya is a Mindanao community known for the handicrafts of the Maranao tribe .
	Ligawasan Marshlands	2006-2015	N	5025
	Protected landscape of the Taal volcano	2006-2015	N	5026	Surrounding area of Taal volcano in Batangas province
	Panglao Island ( location )	2006-2015	N	5027
	Protected landscape around Mount Matutum	2006-2015	N	5028
	Mount Apo Natural Park	2009-2015	N	5485	Already nominated in 2008 as Mount Apo and Mount Hamiguitan: Protected areas of endemics in Mindanao

Web links

Commons : World Heritage Sites in the Philippines  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

• Philippines on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Philippines. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed March 3, 2018 . 
2. ^ Tentative list of the Philippines. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed March 3, 2018 . 
3. ^ Former Tentative Sites of the Philippines. In: World Heritage Site. Retrieved March 3, 2018 . 

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