Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
Also known as Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos, Mission jésuite de Bolivie, Missions jesuites de Bolivie
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (iv), (v).
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Bolivia
Inscribed
1990
List reference
529
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos is about 140 km north-east of Montero. The nearest other World Heritage site is Fuerte de Samaipata, about 250 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Montero · about 89,000 peopleabout 140 km south-west
- San Ignacio · about 25,000 peopleabout 170 km east
- Santa Cruz · about 2,103,000 peopleabout 180 km south-west
- Trinidad · about 84,000 peopleabout 300 km north-west
- Pontes e Lacerda · about 29,000 peopleabout 360 km east
- Punata · about 26,000 peopleabout 380 km west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
BoliviaCultural253 km away
BoliviaNatural289 km away
BoliviaCultural424 km away
BoliviaCultural504 km away
BrazilNatural547 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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