List of World Heritage Sites in El Salvador

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] El Salvador accepted the convention on October 8, 1991, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. As of 2023, El Salvador has only one World Heritage Site, Joya de Cerén, which was inscribed in 1993. ^[2]

Location of sites

Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site

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Location of World Heritage Sites in   El Salvador

List of sites

Name	Image	Location	Criteria	Year	Description
Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site		La Libertad Department 13°49′39″N89°22′09″W / 13.8275°N 89.369167°W / 13.8275; -89.369167 (Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site)	Cultural (iii) (iv)	1993	Joya de Cerén was a pre-Hispanic farming community that, like Pompeii and Herculaneum in Italy, was buried under an eruption of the Laguna Caldera volcano c. AD 600. Because of the exceptional condition of the remains, they provide an insight into the daily lives of the Central American populations who worked the land at that time. [3]

Tentative List

Site	Image	Location	Criteria	Area ha (acre)	Year of submission	Description
Gulf of Fonseca		La Unión Department 13°15′N87°45′W / 13.25°N 87.75°W / 13.25; -87.75 (Gulf of Fonseca)	Mixed		1992	[4]
Cara Sucia / El Imposible		Ahuachapán Department 13°50′30″N89°57′27″W / 13.841667°N 89.9575°W / 13.841667; -89.9575 (Cara Sucia / El Imposible)	Mixed		1992	[5]
Chalchuapa		Santa Ana Department 13°59′00″N89°41′00″W / 13.983333°N 89.683333°W / 13.983333; -89.683333 (Chalchuapa)	Cultural (ii) (iii)		1992	[6]
Ciudad Vieja / La Bermuda		Cuscatlán Department 13°53′00″N89°02′00″W / 13.883333°N 89.033333°W / 13.883333; -89.033333 (Ciudad Vieja / La Bermuda)	Cultural		1992	[7]
Lake Güija		Santa Ana Department 14°16′00″N89°31′00″W / 14.266667°N 89.516667°W / 14.266667; -89.516667 (Lake Güija)	Mixed		1992	[8]
Cacaopera		Morazán Department 13°46′00″N88°05′00″W / 13.766667°N 88.083333°W / 13.766667; -88.083333 (Cacaopera)	Cultural (iii) (iv)		1992	[9]

References

1. "The World Heritage Convention". UNESCO. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
2. "El Salvador". UNESCO. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
3. "Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2023-11-20. Text was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO (CC BY 3.0 IGO) license.
4. "Gulf of Fonseca". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
5. "Cara Sucia / El Imposible". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
6. "Chalchuapa". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
7. "Ciudad Vieja / La Bermuda". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
8. "Lake Güija". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
9. "Cacaopera". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-08.