All seven of Chile's World Heritage properties are cultural, from Rapa Nui National Park to the Sewell Mining Town

Background

The UNESCO World Heritage Centre records 7 properties inscribed from Chile, and all 7 are in the cultural category, with no natural or mixed inscription. They are the Churches of Chiloé, the Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso, the Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works, Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System, Rapa Nui National Park, the Settlement and Artificial Mummification of the Chinchorro Culture in the Arica and Parinacota Region, and the Sewell Mining Town. Rapa Nui National Park is the inscription that covers Easter Island, and it is the earliest of the seven. Chile ratified the World Heritage Convention on 20 February 1980. The country keeps 19 sites on its Tentative List, among them the Juan Fernández Archipelago National Park and Torres del Paine and Bernardo O'Higgins National Parks in the Region of Magallanes. The World Heritage Centre also records 43 State of Conservation reports for Chile and 12 approved requests for international assistance.