Canaima National Park
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (vii), (viii), (ix), (x).
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Venezuela
Inscribed
1994
Area
2,864,500 ha
In preparation
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Canaima National Park is about 300 km north-west of Boa Vista.
Nearest towns and cities
- Boa Vista · about 235,000 peopleabout 300 km south-east
- Upata · about 54,000 peopleabout 310 km north
- Ciudad Guayana · about 747,000 peopleabout 350 km north
- Ciudad Bolívar · about 338,000 peopleabout 370 km north-west
- Linden · about 45,000 peopleabout 400 km east
- Tucupita · about 52,000 peopleabout 420 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
No other World Heritage sites lie within 600 km.
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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