Badain Jaran Desert
Also known as Badain Jaran Shamo
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (vii), (viii).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
China
Inscribed
2024
List reference
1638
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Badain Jaran Desert is about 170 km north of Jinchang. The nearest other World Heritage site is Western Xia Mausoleums, about 370 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Jinchang · about 144,000 peopleabout 170 km south
- Zhangye · about 231,000 peopleabout 200 km south-west
- Wuwei · about 493,000 peopleabout 240 km south
- Alxa Zuoqi · about 56,000 peopleabout 330 km south-east
- Jiayuguan · about 148,000 peopleabout 330 km west
- Yumen · about 350,000 peopleabout 380 km west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
ChinaCultural373 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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