Wixárika Route to Wirikuta
Also known as Wixárika Route through Sacred Sites to Wirikuta (Tatehuarí Huajuyé), Huichol route through the sacred sites to Huiricuta, Huichol route to Huiricuta, route huichol à travers les sites sacrés vers Wiricuta, Tatehuari Huajuye
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (iii), (vi).
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Mexico
Inscribed
2025
List reference
1704
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Wixárika Route to Wirikuta is about 35 km north of Matehuala. The nearest other World Heritage site is Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, about 220 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Matehuala · about 68,000 peopleabout 35 km south
- Linares · about 58,000 peopleabout 160 km north-east
- Saltillo · about 754,000 peopleabout 170 km north
- Ciudad Victoria · about 275,000 peopleabout 170 km east
- Montemorelos · about 43,000 peopleabout 170 km north-east
- San Luis Potosí · about 992,000 peopleabout 200 km south
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
Mexico, United StatesCultural221 km away
MexicoCultural224 km away
MexicoCultural332 km away
MexicoCultural336 km away
MexicoCultural375 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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