Fuerte de Samaipata
Also known as El Fuerte de Samaipata, Samaipata, Samipata Fort
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (iii).
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Bolivia
Inscribed
1998
Area
20 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Fuerte de Samaipata is about 80 km south-west of Santa Cruz. The nearest other World Heritage site is Historic City of Sucre, about 180 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Santa Cruz · about 2,103,000 peopleabout 80 km north-east
- Montero · about 89,000 peopleabout 110 km north-east
- Sucre · about 225,000 peopleabout 180 km south-west
- Camiri · about 28,000 peopleabout 210 km south
- Punata · about 26,000 peopleabout 230 km west
- Potosí · about 180,000 peopleabout 260 km south-west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
BoliviaCultural180 km away
BoliviaCultural253 km away
BoliviaCultural257 km away
BoliviaNatural542 km away
BoliviaCultural546 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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