Padre Tembleque Aqueduct
Also known as Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque Hydraulic System, Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (i), (ii), (iv).
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Mexico
Inscribed
2015
Area
6,540 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Padre Tembleque Aqueduct is about 40 km south of Pachuca. The nearest other World Heritage site is Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan, about 25 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Pachuca · about 320,000 peopleabout 40 km north
- Zumpango · about 250,000 peopleabout 45 km west
- Nezahualcoyotl · about 1,109,000 peopleabout 60 km south-west
- Mexico City · about 19,028,000 peopleabout 65 km south-west
- Tlaxcala · about 504,000 peopleabout 75 km south-east
- Puebla · about 2,195,000 peopleabout 100 km south-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
MexicoCultural25 km away
MexicoCultural68 km away
MexicoCultural73 km away
MexicoCultural79 km away
MexicoCultural100 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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