Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California
A World Heritage Site in Mexico, inscribed in 2005 as a Natural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Mexico
- Region
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Inscribed
- 2005
- Category
- Natural Site
- Criteria
- (vii)(ix)(x)
- Property area
- approx. 6,886 km² (688,558 ha)
- Component parts
- 12
- Coordinates
- 27.6267, -112.5458
- UNESCO ID
- 1182
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Names in other languages
- French
- Îles et aires protégées du Golfe de Californie
- Spanish
- Islas y áreas protegidas del Golfo de California
- Chinese
- 加利福尼亚湾群岛及保护区
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- Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche (2002)
- Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque Hydraulic System (2015)
- Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco (1999)
- Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes (1998)
- Archipiélago de Revillagigedo (2016)
- Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (2010)
- Central University City Campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (2007)
- Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl (1994)
- El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve (2013)
- El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City (1992)
- Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro (2003)
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