Ancient City of Ping Yao
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (iii), (iv).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
China
Inscribed
1997
Area
246 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Ancient City of Ping Yao is about 30 km north-east of Jiexiu. The nearest other World Heritage site is Yin Xu, about 230 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Jiexiu · about 77,000 peopleabout 30 km south-west
- Yuci · about 840,000 peopleabout 75 km north-east
- Taiyuan · about 2,913,000 peopleabout 85 km north-east
- Linfen · about 834,000 peopleabout 140 km south-west
- Changzhi · about 706,000 peopleabout 140 km south-east
- Xinzhou · about 280,000 peopleabout 140 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
ChinaCultural227 km away
ChinaCultural243 km away
ChinaCultural296 km away
ChinaCultural316 km away
ChinaCultural334 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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