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  2. List of World Heritage Sites by year of inscription - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites around the world by year of inscription, selected during the annual sessions of the World Heritage Committee. [1] [2] The first World Heritage Site in the list is the Galápagos Islands. [3]

  3. List of World Heritage Sites in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The four national parks and protected areas spanning the border between the United States and Canada contain the world's largest non-polar ice field and numerous large glaciers. The area, shaped by glacial and continuous tectonic activity, comprises different types of habitats, from high mountains above 16,000 ft (5,000 m) to ocean, coastal ...

  4. Baekje Historic Areas - Wikipedia

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    The Baekje Historic Areas (Korean: 백제역사유적지구) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that consists of eight monuments in three cities in South Korea: Gongju, Buyeo, and Iksan. They relate to the last period of the Koreanic kingdom Baekje (18 BC to 660 CE), representing the period from 475 to 660 CE.

  5. List of World Heritage Sites in Peru - Wikipedia

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    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] Peru ratified the convention on February 24, 1982, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the ...

  6. List of World Heritage Sites in Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Great City of Chicomostoc-La Quemada: Zacatecas: 2001 i, iv (cultural) Chicomostoc-La Quemada is an archaeological site, comprising the remains of a city that was built c. 400-900 CE. It has a large ballcourt, several terraces, an observatory, and a pyramid. [49] Historic Town of San Sebastián del Oeste: Jalisco: 2001 iii, iv, v, ix, x (mixed)

  7. UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists - Wikipedia

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    Ritual journeys in La Paz during Alasita: 2017 [104] The festival of the Santísima Trinidad del Señor Jesús del Gran Poder in the city of La Paz: 2019 [105] Grand Festival of Tarija 2021 [106] Ch'utillos, the Festival of San Bartolomé and San Ignacio de Loyola, the meeting of cultures in Potosí 2023 [107] Bosnia and Herzegovina: Zmijanje ...

  8. List of World Heritage Sites in Spain - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, Spain has established an agreement with UNESCO known as the Spanish Funds-in-Trust. The agreement was signed on April 18, 2002, between Francisco Villar, Spanish Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, and the Director-General of UNESCO, Kōichirō Matsuura. The fund provides €600,000 annually to a chosen program.

  9. List of protected areas of Suriname - Wikipedia

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    The largest of these is the Central Suriname Nature Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The protected areas are managed by the Suriname Forest Service. The Forest Service has appointed STINASU (Stichting Natuurbehoud Suriname), a non-profit foundation, to develop and conduct the educational and tourist aspects in the protected areas. [1]