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Heritage Sites in North America

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North America has 98 UNESCO heritage sites within 17 countries. The Heritage Sites in North America are categorized by cultural heritage sites, Natural heritage sites, mixed heritage sites (mixed heritage sites means the sites are under natural heritage qualifications and cultural heritage qualifications together as one heritage site) and sites that are in danger list. Within the North American continent 34 Natural Heritage Sites, 60 Cultural Heritage Sites, 2 Mixed Heritage sites and 2 Heritage sites are under danger list.

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Cocos Island National Park
Here is the list of North American UNESCO World Heritage Sites in alphabetical order. You can view the sites information below. Click the link next to the name of the site "Visit the site".

- Total Sites (1)    Natural (0)    Cultural (1)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison

- Total Sites (1)    Natural (0)    Cultural (0)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (1)
Sites under danger
Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System

- Total Sites (15)    Natural (9)    Cultural (6)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Nahanni National Park
Dinosaur Provincial Park
Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek
Wood Buffalo National Park
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
Gros Morne National Park
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
Miguasha National Park
Joggins Fossil Cliffs
Cultural Sites
L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
SGang Gwaay
Historic District of Old Québec
Old Town Lunenburg
Rideau Canal

- Total Sites (3)    Natural (3)    Cultural (0)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park
Cocos Island National Park
Area de Conservación Guanacaste

- Total Sites (9)    Natural (2)    Cultural (7)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Desembarco del Granma National Park
Alejandro de Humboldt National Park
Cultural Sites
Old Havana and its Fortifications
Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba
Viñales Valley
Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba
Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos
Historic Centre of Camagüey

- Total Sites (1)    Natural (1)    Cultural (0)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Morne Trois Pitons National Park

- Total Sites (1)    Natural (0)    Cultural (1)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Colonial City of Santo Domingo

- Total Sites (1)    Natural (0)    Cultural (1)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site

- Total Sites (3)    Natural (0)    Cultural (2)    Mixed (1)    Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Antigua Guatemala
Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua
Mixed Sites
Tikal National Park

- Total Sites (1)    Natural (0)    Cultural (1)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
National History Park – Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers

- Total Sites (2)    Natural (0)    Cultural (1)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (1)
Cultural Sites
Maya Site of Copan
Sites under danger
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve
Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve

- Total Sites (31)    Natural (4)    Cultural (27)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0) Natural Sites
Sian Ka'an
Cultural Sites
Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco
Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán
Historic Centre of Puebla
Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque
Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan
Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines
Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza
Historic Centre of Morelia
El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City
Historic Centre of Zacatecas
Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco
Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl
Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro
Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal
Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara
Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes
Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan
Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco
Historic Fortified Town of Campeche
Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche
Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro
Luis Barragán House and Studio
Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila
Central University City Campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Protective town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco
Camino Real de Tierra Adentro
Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca

- Total Sites (2)    Natural (0)    Cultural (2)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Ruins of León Viejo
León Cathedral

- Total Sites (5)    Natural (3)    Cultural (2)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Darien National Park
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park
Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection
Cultural Sites
Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo
Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá

- Total Sites (1)    Natural (0)    Cultural (1)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park

- Total Sites (1)    Natural (1)    Cultural (0)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Pitons Management Area

- Total Sites (21)    Natural (11)    Cultural (8)    Mixed (1)    Under Danger (1)
Natural Sites
Yellowstone National Park
Grand Canyon National Park
Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek
Redwood National and State Parks
Mammoth Cave National Park
Olympic National Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Yosemite National Park
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
Cultural Sites
Mesa Verde National Park
Independence Hall
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico
Statue of Liberty
Chaco Culture
Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville
Pueblo de Taos
Mixed Sites
Papahānaumokuākea
Sites under danger
Everglades National Park

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