Historic Centre of Zacatecas
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (iv).
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Mexico
Inscribed
1993
Area
208 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Historic Centre of Zacatecas is in Zacatecas. The nearest other World Heritage site is Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, about 25 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Zacatecas · about 234,000 peopleabout 3 km west
- Fresnillo · about 105,000 peopleabout 55 km north-west
- Aguascalientes · about 869,000 peopleabout 100 km south
- Lagos de Moreno · about 94,000 peopleabout 170 km south
- San Luis Potosí · about 992,000 peopleabout 170 km east
- León · about 1,488,000 peopleabout 200 km south-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
Mexico, United StatesCultural25 km away
MexicoCultural224 km away
MexicoCultural246 km away
MexicoCultural269 km away
MexicoCultural278 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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