List of World Heritage Sites in El Salvador
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] El Salvador accepted the convention on October 8, 1991, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. As of 2024, El Salvador has only one World Heritage Site, Joya de Cerén, which was inscribed in 1993. [2]
Location of sites
List of sites
Name | Image | Location | Criteria | Year | Description |
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Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site | La Libertad Department 13°49′39″N 89°22′09″W / 13.8275°N 89.369167°W / 13.8275; -89.369167 (Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site) | Cultural (iii) (iv) | 1993 | Joya de Cerén was a pre-Hispanic farming community that, like Pompeii and Herculaneum in Italy, was buried under an eruption of the Laguna Caldera volcano c. AD 600. Because of the exceptional condition of the remains, they provide an insight into the daily lives of the Central American populations who worked the land at that time.[3] |
Tentative List
Site | Image | Location | Criteria | Area ha (acre) | Year of submission | Description |
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Gulf of Fonseca | La Unión Department 13°15′N 87°45′W / 13.25°N 87.75°W / 13.25; -87.75 (Gulf of Fonseca) | Mixed | 1992 | [4] | ||
Cara Sucia / El Imposible | Ahuachapán Department 13°50′30″N 89°57′27″W / 13.841667°N 89.9575°W / 13.841667; -89.9575 (Cara Sucia / El Imposible) | Mixed | 1992 | [5] | ||
Chalchuapa | Santa Ana Department 13°59′00″N 89°41′00″W / 13.983333°N 89.683333°W / 13.983333; -89.683333 (Chalchuapa) | Cultural (ii) (iii) | 1992 | [6] | ||
Ciudad Vieja / La Bermuda | Cuscatlán Department 13°53′00″N 89°02′00″W / 13.883333°N 89.033333°W / 13.883333; -89.033333 (Ciudad Vieja / La Bermuda) | Cultural | 1992 | [7] | ||
Lake Güija | Santa Ana Department 14°16′00″N 89°31′00″W / 14.266667°N 89.516667°W / 14.266667; -89.516667 (Lake Güija) | Mixed | 1992 | [8] | ||
Cacaopera | Morazán Department 13°46′00″N 88°05′00″W / 13.766667°N 88.083333°W / 13.766667; -88.083333 (Cacaopera) | Cultural (iii) (iv) | 1992 | [9] |
References
- ^ "The World Heritage Convention". UNESCO. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
- ^ "El Salvador". UNESCO. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
- ^ "Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2023-11-20. Text was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO (CC BY 3.0 IGO) license.
- ^ "Gulf of Fonseca". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ "Cara Sucia / El Imposible". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ "Chalchuapa". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ "Ciudad Vieja / La Bermuda". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ "Lake Güija". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ "Cacaopera". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
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