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Chitwan National Park

Also known as Chitawan, Parc national de chitawan, Parc national de Royal Chitwan, Parc national du Chitwan, Parc national royal de Chitwan

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Location

Where it sits, and what is around it

Chitwan National Park is about 70 km west of Hetauda. The nearest other World Heritage site is Kathmandu Valley, about 100 km away.

Nearest towns and cities

  • Hetauda · about 232,000 peopleabout 70 km east
  • Birganj · about 133,000 peopleabout 75 km south-east
  • Pokhara · about 200,000 peopleabout 90 km north-west
  • Bhairawa · about 63,000 peopleabout 95 km west
  • Kathmandu · about 895,000 peopleabout 100 km east
  • Lalitpur · about 338,000 peopleabout 100 km east
Chitwan National ParkKathmanduLalitpurHetaudaBhairawaLumbini20 km
The site is ringed; towns and other World Heritage sites are shown for context, and the dashed circle is the size of the site's area.

Nearby World Heritage sites

The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies

Map of Chitwan National Park and the 5 nearest World Heritage sitesKathmandu Valley1Lumbini2Sagarmatha National Park3Ancient Buddhist Site of Sarnath4Nalanda Mahavihara5Chitwan National Park
Markers: square cultural, circle natural, diamond mixed.

Further resources

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