UNESCO World Heritage site Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila

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UNESCO World Heritage Site cultural landscape

The Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mexico that encompasses vast blue agave fields and historic tequila-producing distilleries that illustrate the region’s long-standing cultural and economic tradition of tequila making.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila	4
UNESCO World Heritage Site (Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila)	2
Tequila agave landscape	1
UNESCO World Heritage site Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1474449 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: UNESCO World Heritage site Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila
Context triple: [Jalisco, hasCulturalHeritage, UNESCO World Heritage site Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila]

A. Khomanani Cultural Landscape
Khomanani Cultural Landscape is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in South Africa recognized for its culturally significant landscapes shaped by long-standing interactions between local communities and their environment.
B. Artland cultural landscape
Artland cultural landscape is a historic rural region in Lower Saxony, Germany, known for its traditional farmsteads, rich agricultural heritage, and distinctive cultural history.
C. Historic Centre of Zacatecas
The Historic Centre of Zacatecas is a well-preserved colonial-era Mexican city core renowned for its pink-stone baroque architecture, silver-mining heritage, and dramatic setting in a narrow valley.
D. Comarca Minera UNESCO Global Geopark
Comarca Minera UNESCO Global Geopark is a geologically significant region in the Mexican state of Hidalgo recognized by UNESCO for its outstanding volcanic landscapes, mining heritage, and rich cultural history.
E. Tzintzuntzan archaeological zone
The Tzintzuntzan archaeological zone is the former capital and ceremonial center of the Purépecha (Tarascan) civilization in western Mexico, notable for its distinctive yácata pyramidal structures overlooking Lake Pátzcuaro.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: UNESCO World Heritage site Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila
Target entity description: The Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mexico that encompasses vast blue agave fields and historic tequila-producing distilleries that illustrate the region’s long-standing cultural and economic tradition of tequila making.

A. Khomanani Cultural Landscape
Khomanani Cultural Landscape is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in South Africa recognized for its culturally significant landscapes shaped by long-standing interactions between local communities and their environment.
B. Artland cultural landscape
Artland cultural landscape is a historic rural region in Lower Saxony, Germany, known for its traditional farmsteads, rich agricultural heritage, and distinctive cultural history.
C. Historic Centre of Zacatecas
The Historic Centre of Zacatecas is a well-preserved colonial-era Mexican city core renowned for its pink-stone baroque architecture, silver-mining heritage, and dramatic setting in a narrow valley.
D. Comarca Minera UNESCO Global Geopark
Comarca Minera UNESCO Global Geopark is a geologically significant region in the Mexican state of Hidalgo recognized by UNESCO for its outstanding volcanic landscapes, mining heritage, and rich cultural history.
E. Tzintzuntzan archaeological zone
The Tzintzuntzan archaeological zone is the former capital and ceremonial center of the Purépecha (Tarascan) civilization in western Mexico, notable for its distinctive yácata pyramidal structures overlooking Lake Pátzcuaro.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ cultural landscape ⓘ
area	approximately 34,658 hectares ⓘ
associatedIndustry	tequila production ⓘ
associatedWith	tequila (spirit) ⓘ linked to: Tequila
bufferZoneArea	approximately 51,561 hectares ⓘ
category	cultural ⓘ
contains	ancient industrial facilities for tequila production ⓘ blue agave fields ⓘ historic tequila distilleries ⓘ
country	Mexico ⓘ
criteria	(ii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ (v) ⓘ
culturalPeriod	16th century to present ⓘ
governedBy	Mexican federal heritage protection laws ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
hasLandUse	agricultural use ⓘ industrial use ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
includesTown	Amatitán ⓘ El Arenal ⓘ Magdalena ⓘ Tequila ⓘ linked to: Tequila, Jalisco
inscriptionYear	2006 ⓘ
intangibleHeritageAspect	traditional knowledge of agave cultivation and processing ⓘ
landscapeType	agricultural landscape ⓘ industrial heritage landscape ⓘ
linkedTo	Denomination of Origin Tequila (DOT) ⓘ
locatedIn	Tequila region ⓘ state of Jalisco ⓘ linked to: Jalisco
locatedOn	slopes of the Tequila Volcano ⓘ
mainCrop	blue agave (Agave tequilana Weber var. azul) ⓘ
notableFor	historic masonry distillery buildings ⓘ stone ovens and mills used in tequila production ⓘ traditional jimadores’ agave harvesting practices ⓘ
partOf	World Heritage List ⓘ linked to: UNESCO World Heritage Site
recognizedFor	continuity of agave cultivation over centuries ⓘ historic distillation technology ⓘ integration of agricultural and industrial landscape ⓘ
represents	cultural traditions of agave cultivation ⓘ economic history of tequila industry ⓘ long-standing tradition of tequila making ⓘ
tourismType	cultural tourism ⓘ industrial tourism ⓘ
UNESCORegion	Latin America and the Caribbean ⓘ linked to: Latin America

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jalisco → hasCulturalHeritage → UNESCO World Heritage site Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila ⓘ

Jalisco → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila ⓘ

subject linked to: Jalisco, Mexico (via Topeka–Jalisco relationship)