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Colombia has nine World Heritage properties: six cultural, two natural and one mixed

UNESCO's State Party record for Colombia lists 9 properties inscribed on the World Heritage List — 6 cultural, 2 natural and 1 mixed.
The cultural properties are the Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia, the Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox, the National Archeological Park of Tierradentro, Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena, Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System and San Agustín Archaeological Park.
The two natural properties are Los Katíos National Park and Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary.
The single mixed property, inscribed for both cultural and natural value, is Chiribiquete National Park.
Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena is recorded with the year 1984 and the Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia with 2011.
Colombia's acceptance of the World Heritage Convention is recorded as 24 May 1983, and the country's Tentative List carries 13 sites, among them the Seaflower Marine Protected Area and the Tayrona and Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta National Parks.

Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List: 9 Acceptance of the Convention: 24 May 1983 The mixed property: Chiribiquete National Park Marine natural property: Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary The walled port city: Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena The coffee-growing landscape: Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia
Why it matters for exams: World Heritage counts and the names of inscribed properties are asked directly, and the mixed category is a common point of confusion.
Kerala PSCUPSC
4 October 2026 Source: UNESCO World Heritage Convention

In plain words

Mixed property mixed World Heritage property — A property inscribed on the World Heritage List for both cultural and natural value.

Tentative List Tentative List — An inventory of the properties a State Party intends to consider for nomination to the World Heritage List.

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