Kaiping Diaolou and Villages
Also known as Diaolou and folk dwellings in Kaiping, Kaiping Diaolou, Kaiping diaolou yu minju
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (iii), (iv).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
China
Inscribed
2007
Area
372 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Kaiping Diaolou and Villages is about 65 km south-west of Jiangmen. The nearest other World Heritage site is Historic Centre of Macao, about 100 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Jiangmen · about 532,000 peopleabout 65 km north-east
- Yangjiang · about 872,000 peopleabout 75 km south-west
- Zhaoqing · about 480,000 peopleabout 90 km north
- Foshan · about 943,000 peopleabout 110 km north-east
- Macau · about 569,000 peopleabout 110 km east
- Zhuhai · about 1,023,000 peopleabout 110 km east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
ChinaCultural105 km away
ChinaNatural369 km away
ChinaCultural527 km away
ChinaCultural564 km away
VietnamNatural571 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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