WHS+-+Old+city+of+Quito+(Ecuador)

__**2. a) what is a world heritage site?**__ A World Heritage Site  is a cultural or natural  site , monument, city or geographical habitat that is deemed irreplaceable and threatened, and thus deserving of protection and preservation by the United States Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

__**b) What are the criteria that UNESCO uses to select a World Heritage site and why has your particular site been placed on the Herritage List (use the UNESCO website to find the information?**__ The picture above is a world heritage site because it has natural beauty and is a very old site. This is also a world heritage site because there are parts of this world heritage site that really stand out.

__**c) What is the purpose of a world heritage site?**__ A world heritage site tells us our legacey from the past. It teaches us about some things which has happened in the past. This teaches us about history, if we did not have any sources of history how would we learn about it. A world heritage site is just one way of learning about history there are so many different ways like: textbook, computer, other people and so much more. __**The world heritage site i chose was the historic centre of santa ana de los Rios de Cuenca**__ historic centre of santa ana de los Rios de Cuenca
 * __d) A map of the world heritage site and it's latitude and__** __**longitude**__
 * Latitude-2.896617, Longitude-79.007621 **
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__**e) A brief history of the site **__ It is located in a valley surrounded by the Andean mountains in South Ecuador. This colonial town (entroterra) was found in 1557. It is one of the regions agriculture and administrative centres. Cuenca's architecture, much of which dates from the 18th century, was 'modernized' in the economic prosperity of the 19th century as the city became a major exporter of quinine, straw hats and other products. In the world heritage site there is a building and it is located in South Ecuador. The world heritage site is there to teach people the way of agricultre. The effects of it being were it is good because it teaches people how to do things in there every day lives. It is changing day after day after day by more people coming and working there. No i think they should make the building less of an ancient building and more of a modern day building.
 * __f) Answer the key geographical questions about this site.__**

