World Heritage in Panama

The world heritage in Panama (as of 2016) includes five UNESCO world heritage sites , including two world cultural heritage sites and three world natural heritage sites. Panama ratified the World Heritage Convention in 1978, and the first World Heritage site was added to the World Heritage List in 1980. The last World Heritage site to date was registered in 2005, 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 Panama 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
	Fortifications on the Caribbean coast in Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo	1980	K (R)	135	The fortifications of the city Portobelo ( position ) on the Caribbean coast and 43 kilometers from location Fort San Lorenzo ( Location ) The world heritage site has been on the red list since 2012, as environmental factors, poor maintenance and uncontrollable urban development threaten the fortifications.
	Darién National Park ( location )	1981	N	109
	La Amistad National Park ( location )	1990	N	205
	Panamá Viejo Archaeological Site and Historic District of Panama City	1997	K	790	Ruined city of Panamá Viejo ( Lage ), the oldest Spanish city founding on the Pacific coast and the historic city center of its successor settlement Panama City ( Lage ). Due to the construction of a viaduct that could affect the old town, a change in the boundaries of the world heritage site has been on the tentative list since 2015 (Ref. 5970 )
	Coiba National Park and Protected Marine Areas ( location )	2005	N	1138

Tentative list

The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list . Currently (2017) nnn sites are entered in the tentative list of Panama, the last entry was in 2017. 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
	Archaeological site and historic center of Panama City	2015	K	5970	Proposal for modified borders of the existing world heritage site (Ref 790 ) due to the construction of a viaduct.
	Panamá Colonial Transisthmus Route	2017	K	6205	The Colonial Transisthmus Route of Panamá (Ruta Colonial Transístmica de Panamá) is a serial proposal with five sites, some of which are already on the World Heritage List: Panamá Viejo and the Old Town of Panama City (World Heritage Ref. 790 ), the fortresses on the Caribbean side of Panama ( Portobelo - San Lorenzo , World Heritage Ref. 135 ), the Camino de Cruces and the Camino Real de Castilla de Oro

Web links

Commons : UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Panama  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Panama on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Panama. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed July 6, 2017 . 
2. ^ Tentative list of Panama. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed July 6, 2017 . 

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