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List of World Heritage Sites in North America. Below is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites located in upper North America. Greenland has been included here as part of North America despite its cultural and political associations with Europe.
There are 25 World Heritage Sites in the United States, with a further 18 on the tentative list. [3] The first sites in the United States added to the list were Mesa Verde National Park and Yellowstone National Park, both at the second session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Washington, D.C., in 1978. [4]
As of 2019, there are 24 World Heritage Sites in the United States. 21 Sites are single location sites, and 3 multi-part Sites encompass several locations. The List of World Heritage Sites in the United States is a group of places chosen by UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
The countries have been divided by the World Heritage Committee into five geographical zones: Africa, the Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and North America, and Latin America and the Caribbean. With 59 selected areas, Italy is the country with the most sites; followed by China with 57, then France and Germany with 52 each. [2]
List of World Heritage Sites in Central America; List of World Heritage Sites in North America. List of World Heritage Sites in Canada; List of World Heritage Sites in the United States; List of World Heritage Sites in Mexico; List of World Heritage Sites in South America. List of World Heritage Sites in Argentina; List of World Heritage Sites ...
List of World Heritage Sites in Central America; List of World Heritage Sites in North America; List of World Heritage Sites in the Caribbean
World Heritage partnerships for conservation. Ensuring that World Heritage sites sustain their outstanding universal value is an increasingly challenging mission in today’s complex world, where sites are vulnerable to the effects of uncontrolled urban development, unsustainable tourism practices, neglect, natural calamities, pollution, political instability, and conflict.
