Baekje Historic Areas
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (iii).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
South Korea
Inscribed
2015
Area
135 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Baekje Historic Areas is about 30 km north-west of Daejeon. The nearest other World Heritage site is Hwaseong Fortress, about 90 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Daejeon · about 1,468,000 peopleabout 30 km south-east
- Cheongju · about 775,000 peopleabout 40 km north-east
- Iksan · about 284,000 peopleabout 60 km south
- Gunsan · about 244,000 peopleabout 65 km south-west
- Jeonju · about 711,000 peopleabout 70 km south
- Suwon · about 1,078,000 peopleabout 90 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
South KoreaCultural92 km away
South KoreaCultural113 km away
South KoreaCultural114 km away
South KoreaCultural124 km away
South KoreaCultural124 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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