List of World Heritage Sites in Chile

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972.[1] Chile accepted the convention on 20 February 1980. As of 2014, 17 properties have been inscribed on the World Heritage List: 15 cultural sites and two natural sites.[2]

World Heritage Sites

List of inscribed monuments

Name Region Type Date Area (ha) Link Notes Location Image
Churches of Chiloé Los Lagos Cultural
(ii), (iii)		 2000 971 16 sites 42º30'S 73º46'07W
Rapa Nui National Park Easter Island Cultural
(i), (iii), (v)		 1995 6,666 715 27º09'S 109º27'W
Qhapaq Ñan, Incasic road system Cultural
(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi)		 2014 11 1459 18º16'33S 69º35'35W
Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso Valparaíso Cultural
(iii)		 2003 23 959 33º02'28S 71º37'41W
Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works Tarapacá Cultural
(ii), (iii), (iv)		 2005 573 1178 In danger 20º12'22S 69º47'38W
Sewell Mining Town O'Higgins Cultural
(ii)		 2006 17 1214 34º05'22S 70º22'59W

See also

References and notes

  1. ↑ "The World Heritage Convention". UNESCO. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Chile – Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List". UNESCO. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
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