List of World Heritage Sites in Mexico

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] Mexico accepted the convention on 23 February 1984, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. As of 2018, there are thirty-five World Heritage Sites in Mexico, including twenty-seven cultural sites, six natural sites and two mixed sites.^[2] The country ranks first in the Americas and seventh worldwide by number of Heritage sites.

Mexico's first six sites, Sian Ka'an, Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque, Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco, Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan, Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological site of Monte Albán, and Historic Centre of Puebla, were inscribed on the list at the 11th Session of the World Heritage Committee, held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France in 1987.^[3]

In addition to its inscribed sites, Mexico also maintains twenty-one properties on its tentative list, considered for future nomination.^[4]

There are also 9 traditions and celebrations considered Intangible Cultural Heritage of Mexico: Indigenous festivals dedicated to the dead, the ceremony of the Flying Dancers, the pilgrimage to Peña de Bernal, the traditional January party of Chiapa de Corzo, the traditional song of the Purépechas, traditional Mexican cuisine, Mariachi music, the charrería and the pilgrimage to Zapopan.^[5]