Central Highlands of Sri Lanka
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (ix), (x).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Sri Lanka
Inscribed
2010
Area
56,844 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Central Highlands of Sri Lanka is about 25 km north-east of Kandy. The nearest other World Heritage site is Sacred City of Kandy, about 25 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Kandy · about 112,000 peopleabout 25 km south-west
- Badulla · about 48,000 peopleabout 60 km south-east
- Ratnapura · about 48,000 peopleabout 95 km south-west
- Batticaloa · about 129,000 peopleabout 100 km east
- Anuradhapura · about 118,000 peopleabout 110 km north-west
- Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte · about 116,000 peopleabout 110 km south-west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
Sri LankaCultural26 km away
Sri LankaCultural48 km away
Sri LankaCultural56 km away
Sri LankaCultural58 km away
Sri LankaCultural107 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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