World Heritage in Bolivia
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 ).
Map with all coordinates of World Heritage Sites: OSM
image | designation | year | Type | Ref. | description |
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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. |
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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 | 1991 | K | 566 | Historic center of the city of Sucre | |
Pre-Colombian fortress Samaipata | 1998 | K | 883 | ||
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park | 2000 | N | 967 | ||
Pre-Columbian ruins at Tiahuanaco | 2000 | K | 567 | ||
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.
Map with all coordinates of current World Heritage candidates: OSM
image | designation | year | Type | Ref. | description |
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Sajama National Park ( location ) |
2003 | K / N | 1813 | ||
Pulacayo, industrial heritage site ( location ) |
2003 | K | 1814 | ||
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 | 2003 | N | 1816 | Paleontologically significant site of finding dinosaur tracks. | |
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.
Map with all coordinates of former World Heritage candidates: OSM
image | designation | year | Type | Ref. | description |
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The salt pans and the village of Chipaya ( location ) |
1987-1996 | K | Withdrawn from Bolivia. |
Web links
- Bolivia on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bolivia. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed July 6, 2017 .
- ^ Tentative list of Bolivia. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed July 6, 2017 .
- ^ Former Tentative Sites of Bolivia. In: World Heritage Site. Retrieved July 6, 2017 .