Joya de Ceren Archaeological Site
Also known as Joya de Ceren, Joya de Cerén
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (iii), (iv).
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
El Salvador
Inscribed
1993
Area
5 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Joya de Ceren Archaeological Site is about 19 km north of Nueva San Salvador. The nearest other World Heritage site is Maya Site of Copan, about 110 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Nueva San Salvador · about 125,000 peopleabout 19 km south
- San Salvador · about 1,433,000 peopleabout 20 km south-east
- Santa Ana · about 234,000 peopleabout 30 km north-west
- Chalatenango · about 29,000 peopleabout 40 km north-east
- Sonsonate · about 169,000 peopleabout 40 km west
- Cojutepeque · about 48,000 peopleabout 50 km east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
HondurasCultural115 km away
GuatemalaCultural164 km away
GuatemalaCultural169 km away
GuatemalaCultural272 km away
NicaraguaCultural336 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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