🌊 Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco: Xochimilco
UNESCO World Heritage Site featuring pre-Columbian chinampa agriculture in Mexico City's south
📋 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed 1987
- Located in southern Mexico City within the Valley of Mexico
- Covers approximately 2,512 hectares of canal networks and wetlands
- 800–900 hectares remain under active chinampa cultivation
Xochimilco is a semi-aquatic landscape in the southern reaches of Mexico City, anchoring the UNESCO World Heritage designation "Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco." The site encompasses an intricate network of canals, wetlands, and artificial islands known as chinampas, representing one of the world's oldest and most distinctive forms of intensive agriculture. Developed by Aztec and pre-Aztec civilizations, the chinampa system remains functionally intact and continues to support ...