List of World Heritage Sites in Colombia facts for kids

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. Colombia accepted the convention on 24 May 1983, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. As of 2018, there are nine World Heritage Sites in Colombia, including six cultural sites, two natural sites and one mixed site.

The first site in Colombia, Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena, was inscribed on the list at the 8th Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1984. Los Katíos National Park was inscribed as the first natural site in 1994. Chiribiquete National Park – "The Maloca of the Jaguar" was added to the list in 2018 as Colombia's latest inscription.

World Heritage Sites

The table is sortable by column by clicking on the at the top of the appropriate column; alphanumerically for the site, area, and year columns; by state party for the location column; and by criteria type for the criteria column. Transborder sites sort at the bottom.

Site; named after the World Heritage Committee's official designation

Location; at city, regional, or provincial level and geocoordinates

Criteria; as defined by the World Heritage Committee

Area; in hectares and acres. If available, the size of the buffer zone has been noted as well. A value of zero implies that no data has been published by UNESCO

Year; during which the site was inscribed to the World Heritage List

Description; brief information about the site, including reasons for qualifying as an endangered site, if applicable

     * Transnational site

Site	Image	Location	Criteria	Area ha (acre)	Year	Description
Chiribiquete National Park– "The Maloca of the Jaguar"		ColombiaCaquetá and Guaviare Departments 0°31′31″N 72°47′50″W / 0.52528°N 72.79722°W / 0.52528; -72.79722 (Chiribiquete National Park)	Mixed: (iii), (ix), (x)	2,782,354 (6,875,350); buffer zone 3,989,682.82 (9,858,721.0)	2018
Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia		ColCaldas, Quindío and Risaralda Departments 5°28′18″N 75°40′54″W / 5.47167°N 75.68167°W / 5.47167; -75.68167	Cultural:ColCof (v)(vi)	141,120 (348,700)	2011
Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox		ColBolívar Department 9°14′00″N 74°26′00″W / 9.23333°N 74.43333°W / 9.23333; -74.43333	Cultural:ColHis (iv)(v)	0	1995
Los Katíos National Park		ColAntioquia and Chocó Departments 7°40′00″N 77°00′00″W / 7.66667°N 77.00000°W / 7.66667; -77.00000	Natural:ColLos (ix)(x)	141,120 (348,700)	1994
Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary		ColValle del Cauca Department 3°58′00″N 81°37′00″W / 3.96667°N 81.61667°W / 3.96667; -81.61667	Natural:ColMal (vii)(ix)	857,500 (2,119,000)	2006
National Archeological Park of Tierradentro		ColCauca Department 2°35′00″N 76°02′00″W / 2.58333°N 76.03333°W / 2.58333; -76.03333	Cultural:ColNat (iii)	0	1995
Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena		ColBolívar Department 10°25′00″N 75°32′00″W / 10.41667°N 75.53333°W / 10.41667; -75.53333	Cultural:ColPor (iii)	0	1984
Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System*		ColVarious, shared with  Argentina  Bolivia  Chile  Ecuador  Peru 18°15′00″S 69°35′30″W / 18.25000°S 69.59167°W / -18.25000; -69.59167	Cultural:ColQha (ii)(iii)(iv)(vi)	11,407 (28,190)	2014
San Agustín Archaeological Park		ColHuila Department 1°55′00″N 76°14′00″W / 1.91667°N 76.23333°W / 1.91667; -76.23333	Cultural:ColSan (iii)	0	1995

Tentative list

In addition to sites inscribed on the World Heritage list, member states can maintain a list of tentative sites that they may consider for nomination. Nominations for the World Heritage list are only accepted if the site was previously listed on the tentative list. As of 2016, Colombia lists eighteen properties on its tentative list:

1. Canal del Dique, External link (Submitted 27/09/2012)
2. Catholic Doctrine Temples (Submitted 27/09/2012)
3. Cultural Landscape of Salt Towns (Submitted 27/09/2012)
4. Cultural Landscape of the Lower Basin of the Chicamocha River (Submitted 27/09/2012)
5. Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta - Cultural Landscape of the Vernacular Stilt Housing of Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta and of Medio Atrato (Submitted 22/10/2013)
6. Pre-Hispanic Hydraulic System of the San Jorge River (Submitted 27/09/2012)
7. Puente de Occidente (Western Bridge) (Submitted 27/09/2012)
8. Seaflower Marine Protected Area (MPA) (Submitted 18/09/2007)
9. Sistema Hidráulico Prehispánico del Río San Jorge (Submitted 29/10/1993)
10. South of Ricaurte Province (Submitted 27/09/2012)
11. Tatacoa Desert (Submitted 27/09/2012)
12. Tayrona and Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta National Parks and their Archaeological Sites (Submitted 27/09/2012)
13. United Fruit Company Infrastructure (Submitted 27/09/2012)
14. University City of Bogotá (Submitted 27/09/2012)
15. Virgilio Barco Library (Submitted 27/09/2012)
16. The architectural legacy of Rogelio Salmona: an ethical, political, social and poetic manifesto (Submitted 01/02/2022)

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Patrimonio de la Humanidad en Colombia para niños