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Philippines ratified the World Heritage Convention on 19 September, 1985. As of August 2010, it has five World Heritage Sites, of which three are in the cultural category and two in the natural category. Philippines also has another 29 sites on the World Heritage Tentative List.

World Heritage Sites in Philippines

Banaue Rice Terraces, Philippines
Banaue Rice Terraces, Philippines
Author: Magalhães (public domain)

  1. Baroque Churches of the Philippines
  2. Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park
  3. Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
  4. Historic Town of Vigan
  5. Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park

Sites in Philippines on the World Heritage Tentative List

  1. Jesuit Churches of the Philippines (1993)
  2. San Sebastian Church (2006)
  3. Angono Triglyphs (1993)
  4. Spanish Colonial Fortifications of the Philippines (2006)
  5. Batanes Protected landscapes and seascapes (1993)
  6. The Tabon Cave Complex and all of Lipuun (2006)
  7. Paleolithic Archaeological Sites in Cagayan Valley (2006)
  8. Kabayan Mummy Burial Caves (2006)
  9. Butuan Archeological Sites (2006)
  10. Baroque Churches of the Philippines (Extension) (2006)
  11. The Maranao Settlement of Tugaya (2006)
  12. Petroglyphs and Petrographs of the Philippines (2006)
  13. Neolithic Shell Midden Sites in Lal-lo and Gattaran Municipalities (2006)
  14. Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary (2006)
  15. Chocolate Hills Natural Monument (2006)
  16. Ligawasan Marsh (2006)
  17. Taal Volcano Protected landscape, Batangas (2006)
  18. Panglao Island, Bohol (2006)
  19. Mt. Matutum Protected Landscape (2006)
  20. Mt. Malindang Range Natural Park (2006)
  21. Mt. Pulag National Park (2006)
  22. Turtle Islands Wildlife Sanctuary (2006)
  23. Apo Reef Natural Park (2006)
  24. El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area (2006)
  25. Coron Island Natural Biotic Area (2006)
  26. Mt. Iglit-Baco National Park (2006)
  27. Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park and outlying areas inclusive of the buffer zone (2006)
  28. Mount Apo Natural Park (2009)
  29. Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary (2009)

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This website celebrating the World Heritage Sites is a hobby website that is not in any way connected to UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and is not associated in any way with it. Any mention of UNESCO on this website is intended to describe the inscription and recognition of the World Heritage Sites by the institution, and does not in any way imply that UNESCO endorse the description and information provided.