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The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated six World Heritage Sites in the Philippines. The UNESCO World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention. The Philippines, following its ratification of the convention on Thursday, September 19, 1985, made its historical and natural sites eligible for inclusion on the list. The Philippines had its first sites included in 1993, and since 2014, has six sites on the list spanning nine locations. Of those six sites, three are cultural and three natural. The first 5 sites inscribed in the UNESCO Heritage List was initiated by ICOMOS Philippines, a non-profit heritage organization, which partnered with the UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines and the Heritage Conservation Society. The Philippines has a cultural inventory, called the '' Philippine Registry of Cultural Property'' or ''PRECUP'', and a natural inventory called the ''National Integrated Protected Areas System'' or ''NIPAS''. Both of which were established by various Philippine laws. The intangible cultural heritage list of the Philippines is under the PRECUP. The Philippines won its first ever mandate to the powerful World Heritage Committee in 1991 under President
Corazon Aquino Maria Corazon "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino (; ; January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009) was a Filipina politician who served as the 11th president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992. She was the most prominent figure of the 1986 People ...
. The Filipino delegation served until 1997. Its second mandate was won in 2013 under President Noynoy Aquino. The Filipino delegation served until 2017.


World Heritage Sites

In the 1990s, Filipino architect Augusto Villalón represented the Philippines in the UNESCO Committee and drafted the nomination dossiers of 5 heritage inscriptions. All the five inscriptions, which were the first five UNESCO sites in the Philippines, were declared as UNESCO World Heritage Sites from 1993 to 1999. These sites include the Baroque Churches of the Philippines (Miag-ao in Iloilo; Paoay in Ilocos Norte; Santa Maria in Ilocos Sur, and San Agustin in Manila); Tubbataha Reef National Park, Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, Historic City of Vigan, and the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras After Villalón retired, the country had a 14-year drought in UNESCO World Heritage designations, which would be broken only in 2014, when Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary was declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The table lists information about each World Heritage Site: :Name: as listed by the World Heritage Committee :Location: city or province of site :Region: one of the 17 regions of the Philippines :UNESCO data: the year the site was inscribed on the World Heritage List; the criteria it was listed under: criteria ''i'' through ''vi'' are cultural, while ''vii'' through ''x'' are natural; ''(the column sorts by year added to the list)'' :Period: time of construction :Description: brief description of the site :Ref: references


Tentative list

The following 19 sites are on the Tentative List for the Philippines, meaning that the government intends to consider them for nomination in the future: {, class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders toptextcells" , - ! scope="col" , Type ! scope="col" style="width:12.5em;" , Site ! scope="col" , Location ! scope="col" , Period ! scope="col" class="unsortable" , Description ! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:8em;" , Image ! scope="col" class="unsortable" , , - ! scope="row" , Natural: (vii)(ix)(x) , style="font-weight:bold;" , Apo Reef Natural Park ,
Sulu Sea The Sulu Sea ( fil, Dagat Sulu; Tausug: ''Dagat sin Sūg''; Chavacano: ''Mar de Sulu''; Cebuano: ''Dagat sa Sulu''; Hiligaynon: ''Dagat sang Sulu''; Karay-a: ''Dagat kang Sulu''; Cuyonon: ''Dagat i'ang Sulu''; ms, Laut Sulu) is a body o ...
, Pleistocene Epoch , The site is the second biggest producer of juvenile marine fishes in the world, next only to the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park. , , , - ! scope="row" , Cultural: (i)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi) , style="font-weight:bold;" , Baroque Churches of the Philippines (''Extension'')
, Various Locations , 18th to 19th centuries , All five baroque churches have been declared as
National Cultural Treasures of the Philippines National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...
. , , , - ! scope="row" , Mixed , style="font-weight:bold;" , Batanes Protected Landscapes and Seascapes ,
Batanes Batanes, officially the Province of Batanes ( ivv, Provinsiya nu Batanes; Ilocano: ''Probinsia ti Batanes''; fil, Lalawigan ng Batanes, ), is an archipelagic province in the Philippines, administratively part of the Cagayan Valley region. It i ...
, Pleistocene Epoch and 100 AD , The Mahatao Church of Batanes is a declared
National Cultural Treasure of the Philippines The National Cultural Treasures declarations are authorized under the National Heritage Act of 2009 and recognized within the Cultural Properties of the Philippines by the Philippine government. The list includes all declared National Cultura ...
. , , , - ! scope="row" , Cultural: (iii)(iv)(v) , style="font-weight:bold;" ,
Butuan Butuan (pronounced ), officially the City of Butuan ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Butuan; Butuanon: ''Dakbayan hong Butuan''; fil, Lungsod ng Butuan), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the region of Caraga, Philippines. It is the ''de facto'' ...
Archeological Sites ,
Agusan del Norte Agusan del Norte, officially the Province of Agusan del Norte ( ceb, Amihanang Agusan; Butuanon: ''Probinsya hong Agusan del Norte''; tl, Hilagang Agusan), is a province in the Caraga region of the Philippines. Its capital is the city of Cabadb ...
, 10th century , The site exemplified and concretized the capability of the pre-Hispanic
Rajahnate of Butuan Butuan also called the Butan Rajanate and the Kingdom of Butuan (; Butuanon: ; ; ) was a precolonial Philippine polity centred on the northern Mindanao island in the modern city of Butuan in what is now the southern Philippines. It was known f ...
as a nation with great expertise in boat-making, seafaring, and gold manufacturing. , , , - ! scope="row" , Natural: (vii)(viii) , style="font-weight:bold;" , Chocolate Hills Natural Monument ,
Bohol Bohol (), officially the Province of Bohol ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Bohol; tl, Lalawigan ng Bohol), is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, consisting of the island itself and 75 minor surrounding islands. It ...
, Pleistocene Epoch , The site is the focal property of the proposed
Bohol Bohol (), officially the Province of Bohol ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Bohol; tl, Lalawigan ng Bohol), is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, consisting of the island itself and 75 minor surrounding islands. It ...
Global Geopark Reserve. , , , - ! scope="row" , Mixed: (iii)(ix)(x) , style="font-weight:bold;" ,
Coron Island Coron is the third-largest island in the Calamian Islands in northern Palawan in the Philippines. The island is part of the larger municipality of the same name. It is about southwest of Manila and is known for several Japanese shipwrecks of Wo ...
Natural Biotic Area , Palawan , Pleistocene Epoch , The site is within the Palawan UNESCO
Biosphere Reserve A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or o ...
. , , , - ! scope="row" , Natural: (ix)(x) , style="font-weight:bold;" , El Nido- Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area , Palawan , Pleistocene Epoch , The site is within the Palawan UNESCO
Biosphere Reserve A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or o ...
. , , , - ! scope="row" , Cultural: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi) , style="font-weight:bold;" , Kabayan Mummy Burial Caves ,
Benguet Benguet (), officially the Province of Benguet ('';'' ; pag, Luyag/Probinsia na Benguet; ilo, Probinsia ti Benguet; ), is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the southern tip of the Cordillera Administrative Region in the islan ...
, 100 AD , The site has been listed by the
World Monuments Fund World Monuments Fund (WMF) is a private, international, non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of historic architecture and cultural heritage sites around the world through fieldwork, advocacy, grantmaking, education, and traini ...
for immediate international conservation. It is a declared
National Cultural Treasure of the Philippines The National Cultural Treasures declarations are authorized under the National Heritage Act of 2009 and recognized within the Cultural Properties of the Philippines by the Philippine government. The list includes all declared National Cultura ...
. , , , - ! scope="row" , Natural: (vii)(x) , style="font-weight:bold;" ,
Mayon Volcano Natural Park The Mayon Volcano Natural Park is a protected area of the Philippines located in the Bicol Region (Region 5) on southeast Luzon Island, the largest island of the country. The Natural park covers an area of , which includes its centerpiece Mayo ...
(MMVNP) ,
Albay Albay,