List of World Heritage Sites in El Salvador

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. El Salvador accepted the convention on October 8, 1991, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. As of 2024, El Salvador has only one World Heritage Site, Joya de Cerén, which was inscribed in 1993.

Location of sites

Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site

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Location of World Heritage Sites in El Salvador

List of sites

Name	Image	Location	Criteria	Year	Description
Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site		La Libertad Department 13.8275°N 89.369167°W / 13.8275; -89.369167 (Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site)	Cultural (iii) (iv)	1993	Joya de Cerén was a pre-Hispanic farming community that, like Pompeii and Herculaneum in Italy, was buried under an eruption of the Laguna Caldera volcano c. AD 600. Because of the exceptional condition of the remains, they provide an insight into the daily lives of the Central American populations who worked the land at that time.

Tentative List

Site	Image	Location	Criteria	Area ha (acre)	Year of submission	Description
Gulf of Fonseca		La Unión Department 13°15′N 87°45′W	Mixed		1992
Cara Sucia / El Imposible		Ahuachapán Department 13°50′30″N 89°57′27″W	Mixed		1992
Chalchuapa		Santa Ana Department 13°59′00″N 89°41′00″W	Cultural (ii) (iii)		1992
Ciudad Vieja / La Bermuda		Cuscatlán Department 13°53′00″N 89°02′00″W	Cultural		1992
Lake Güija		Santa Ana Department 14°16′00″N 89°31′00″W	Mixed		1992
Cacaopera		Morazán Department 13°46′00″N 88°05′00″W	Cultural (iii) (iv)		1992