Six World Heritage properties in the Philippines, from the Rice Terraces of the Cordilleras to Tubbataha Reefs
Background
UNESCO lists six World Heritage properties for the Philippines. Three are cultural: the Baroque Churches of the Philippines, inscribed in 1993, the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras, inscribed in 1995, and the Historic City of Vigan, inscribed in 1999. Three are natural: Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, first inscribed in 1993 and extended in 2009, Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park, inscribed in 1999, and Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary, inscribed in 2014. The Philippines ratified the World Heritage Convention on 19 September 1985. The spread across Luzon, Palawan and Mindanao reflects the archipelago's cultural and ecological range.
Total World Heritage properties:
6
Cultural and natural split:
3 cultural and 3 natural
Convention ratified:
19 September 1985
Why it matters for exams: World Heritage lists by country are asked directly, and the Philippine properties split evenly between cultural and natural categories.
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