El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City
Also known as El Tajin, El Tajín, Tajín Veracruz
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (iii), (iv).
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Mexico
Inscribed
1992
Area
240 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City is about 15 km south-east of Poza Rica de Hidalgo. The nearest other World Heritage site is Padre Tembleque Aqueduct, about 150 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Poza Rica de Hidalgo · about 254,000 peopleabout 15 km north-west
- Tuxpam · about 109,000 peopleabout 55 km north
- Teziutlán · about 178,000 peopleabout 70 km south
- Xalapa · about 452,000 peopleabout 110 km south-east
- Pachuca · about 320,000 peopleabout 140 km west
- Tlaxcala · about 504,000 peopleabout 150 km south-west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
MexicoCultural150 km away
MexicoCultural175 km away
MexicoCultural178 km away
MexicoCultural216 km away
MexicoCultural222 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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