World Heritage in El Salvador
The World Heritage in El Salvador (as of 2016) includes a UNESCO World Heritage Site. El Salvador acceded to the World Heritage Convention in 1991, and the only World Heritage site to date was added to the World Heritage List in 1993.
World heritage sites
The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in El Salvador 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 |
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Ruins of Joya de Cerén ( Lage ) |
1993 | K | 675 | The ruins of Joya de Cerén are considered one of the most important archaeological sites in Central America and, unlike other Mayan ruins, document the life of the common people. |
Tentative list
The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list . Currently (2016) six sites are entered in the tentative list of El Salvador, the last entry was made in 1992. 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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Gulf of Fonseca ( location ) |
1992 | K / N | 206 | ||
Chalchuapa ( location ) |
1992 | K | 208 | Place with more than 3200 years of continuous human settlement. | |
Cara Sucia / El Imposible | 1992 | K / N | 207 | includes the pre-Columbian archaeological site of Cara Sucia and the El Imposible National Park to the northeast | |
Ciudad Vieja / La Bermuda ( location ) |
1992 | K | 209 | archaeological site of Ciudad Vieja , the predecessor town of San Salvador founded in 1528 and abandoned in 1545 , and ruins of the nearby hacienda La Bermuda | |
Lago de Güija ( location ) |
1992 | K / N | 210 | ||
Cacaopera | 1992 | K | 211 |
Web links
- El Salvador on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.
Individual evidence
- ↑ El Salvador. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed July 6, 2017 .
- ^ Tentative list of El Salvador. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed July 6, 2017 .