Cuba
Cuba has been a State Party to the World Heritage Convention since 1981. With 9 inscribed properties, the country maintains a well-established presence on the World Heritage List. The majority of its sites are cultural properties, reflecting a strong emphasis on historical and architectural heritage.
Cuba as a State Party to the World Heritage Convention
State Party since: March 24, 1981
Status: Ratification
Mandates to the World Heritage Committee: 1987-1993, 1995-2001, 2005-2009, 2015-2019
Total of Mandate Years: 20
Total of Mandates: 4
WHC Electoral Group: III (Latin America/Caribbean)
World Heritage Sites in Cuba (9)
Cultural: 7 | Natural: 2 | Mixed: 0
- Alejandro de Humboldt National Park · Natural
- Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba · Cultural
- Desembarco del Granma National Park · Natural
- Historic Centre of Camagüey · Cultural
- Old Havana and its Fortification System · Cultural
- San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba · Cultural
- Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios · Cultural
- Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos · Cultural
- Viñales Valley · Cultural
Map of World Heritage Sites
Tentative World Heritage Sites (14)
- Escuelas Nacionales de Arte de Cubanacán · submitted: March 12, 2024
- Tropicana · submitted: March 12, 2024
- El Vedado, ciudad jardín temprana · submitted: March 12, 2024
- Central Campus of the University of Havana · submitted: March 12, 2024
- Triolet French Drugstore (Pharmacy Museum) · submitted: March 12, 2024
- Santiago de Cuba, sus escenarios históricos · submitted: March 12, 2024
- Sites of Memory of Slavery in Cuba · submitted: March 12, 2024
- Parque Nacional Caguanes · submitted: March 12, 2024
- The National Park Ciénaga de Zapata and the Speleological-Lacustrine System · submitted: March 12, 2024
- Sistema Arrefical del Caribe Cubano · submitted: March 12, 2024
- The Aqueduct of Albear · submitted: March 12, 2024
- National Schools of Art, Cubanacán · submitted: February 28, 2003
- Ciénaga de Zapata National Park · submitted: February 28, 2003
- Reef System in the Cuban Caribbean · submitted: February 28, 2003
Country Profile Cuba
Official Name: Republic of Cuba
Continent: Americas
Subregion: Caribbean
UNESCO Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
Capital: Havana
Population (2024): 10,979,783
Land Area: 103,800 km²
Currency: Cuban convertible peso (CUC;CUP)