World Heritage in Bolivia

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The world heritage in Bolivia (as of 2016) includes seven UNESCO world heritage sites , including six world cultural heritage sites and one world natural heritage site. Bolivia ratified the World Heritage Convention in 1976, and the first World Heritage site was added to the World Heritage List in 1987. The last World Heritage site to date was registered in 2014, and one site is on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger .

World heritage sites

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

f1Georeferencing Map with all coordinates of World Heritage Sites: OSM

image designation year Type Ref. description
Potosí, city and silver mines
Potosí, city and silver mines
( location )
1987 K
(R)
420 Potosí was one of the largest cities in the world due to the silver wealth of Cerro Rico in the early 17th century and is still dependent on silver and tin mining today.

Since mining and industry cause the groundwater level to drop and thus endanger the stability of the city's subsoil, the World Heritage Site was placed on the red list of World Heritage at risk in 2014.

Jesuit missions of the Chiquitos
Jesuit missions of the Chiquitos 1990 K 529 includes six missions in San Francisco Javier , Concepción , Santa Ana , San Miguel , San Rafael and San José de Chiquitos
Old town of Sucre
Old town of Sucre 1991 K 566 Historic center of the city of Sucre
Pre-Colombian fortress Samaipata
Pre-Colombian fortress Samaipata 1998 K 883
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park 2000 N 967
Pre-Columbian ruins at Tiahuanaco
Pre-Columbian ruins at Tiahuanaco 2000 K 567
Qhapaq Ñan, Andean road system
Qhapaq Ñan, Andean road system 2014 K 1459 The main Andean road, Qhapaq Ñan, was part of the Inca road system in South America. It was the main connection in the north-south direction and extended over 6,000 kilometers.

(cross-border with Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile and Argentina, includes 3 individual sites in Bolivia)

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

Currently (2016) five sites are entered in the tentative list of Bolivia, the last entry was made in 2003. The following table lists the sites in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion in the tentative list.

f1Georeferencing Map with all coordinates of current World Heritage candidates: OSM

image designation year Type Ref. description
Sajama National Park
Sajama National Park
( location )
2003 K / N 1813
Pulacayo, site of industrial heritage
Pulacayo, industrial heritage site
( location )
2003 K 1814
Incallaqta, the largest Inca site in Collasuyo
Incallaqta, the largest Inca site in Collasuyo
( location )
2003 K 1815 extensive historical site of the Inca in central Bolivia, formerly part of the southernmost sub-kingdom Qulla Suyu
Cal Orcko
Cal Orcko 2003 N 1816 Paleontologically significant site of finding dinosaur tracks.
Sacred Lake Titicaca
Sacred Lake Titicaca
( location )
2003 K / N 1817 The Lake Titicaca with archaeological sites along its coast and its islands

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.

f1Georeferencing Map with all coordinates of former World Heritage candidates: OSM

image designation year Type Ref. description
The salt flats and the village of Chipaya
The salt pans and the village of Chipaya
( location )
1987-1996 K Withdrawn from Bolivia.

Web links

Commons : UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Bolivia  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
  • Bolivia on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

  1. Bolivia. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed July 6, 2017 .
  2. ^ Tentative list of Bolivia. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed July 6, 2017 .
  3. ^ Former Tentative Sites of Bolivia. In: World Heritage Site. Retrieved July 6, 2017 .