Chile
Chile has been a State Party to the World Heritage Convention since 1980. With 7 inscribed properties, the country maintains a well-established presence on the World Heritage List. All currently inscribed properties are listed under the Cultural category. One of these properties is shared with neighboring countries, demonstrating cooperation across borders in heritage conservation.
Chile as a State Party to the World Heritage Convention
State Party since: February 20, 1980
Status: Ratification
Mandates to the World Heritage Committee: 2003-2007
Total of Mandate Years: 4
Total of Mandates: 1
WHC Electoral Group: III (Latin America/Caribbean)
World Heritage Sites in Chile (7)
Cultural: 7 | Natural: 0 | Mixed: 0
- Churches of Chiloé · Cultural
- Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso · Cultural
- Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works · Cultural
- Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System · Cultural (Transboundary)
- Rapa Nui National Park · Cultural
- Settlement and Artificial Mummification of the Chinchorro Culture in the Arica and Parinacota Region · Cultural
- Sewell Mining Town · Cultural
Map of World Heritage Sites
Tentative World Heritage Sites (19)
- Pintados Geoglyphs Archaeological Complex in the Tarapacá Region · submitted: August 20, 2025
- Chilean Pisco Vine and Wine Cultural Landscape · submitted: January 28, 2025
- Lota Mining Complex · submitted: January 11, 2021
- Monte Verde Archaeological Site · submitted: February 23, 2004
- Churches of the Altiplano · submitted: September 1, 1998
- Baquedano Street · submitted: September 1, 1998
- San Pedro de Atacama · submitted: September 1, 1998
- Ayquina and Toconce · submitted: September 1, 1998
- Cerro el Plomo high shrine · submitted: September 1, 1998
- La Moneda Palace · submitted: September 1, 1998
- San Francisco Church and Convent · submitted: September 1, 1998
- Houses of the hacienda San José del Carmen el Huique · submitted: September 1, 1998
- Malleco Viaduct · submitted: September 1, 1998
- Locomotive depot of the Temuco Railroad Station · submitted: September 1, 1998
- The Defensive Complex of Valdivia · submitted: September 1, 1998
- Rupestrian art of the Patagonia · submitted: September 1, 1998
- Fell and Pali Aike Caves · submitted: September 1, 1998
- Juan Fernández Archipelago National Park · submitted: March 30, 1994
- Torres del Paine and Bernardo O'Higgins National Parks, Region of Magallanes · submitted: March 30, 1994
Country Profile Chile
Official Name: Republic of Chile
Continent: Americas
Subregion: South America
UNESCO Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
Capital: Santiago
Population (2024): 19,764,771
Land Area: 743,530 km²
Currency: Chilean peso (CLP)