Historic City of Ahmadabad
Also known as Fort and Gates of Ahmedabad, Old Ahmedabad, Walled City of Ahmedabad
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (v).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
India
Inscribed
2017
Area
536 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Historic City of Ahmadabad is in Ahmedabad. The nearest other World Heritage site is Rani-ki-Vav Stepwell, about 110 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Ahmedabad · about 5,375,000 peopleat the site
- Gandhinagar · about 196,000 peopleabout 30 km north
- Vadodara · about 1,756,000 peopleabout 100 km south-east
- Bhavnagar · about 555,000 peopleabout 150 km south
- Rajkot · about 1,260,000 peopleabout 200 km south-west
- Surat · about 3,842,000 peopleabout 200 km south
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
IndiaCultural105 km away
IndiaCultural114 km away
IndiaCultural260 km away
IndiaCultural292 km away
IndiaCultural423 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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