Kaziranga National Park
Also known as Kaziranga
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (ix), (x).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
India
Inscribed
1985
Area
42,996 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Kaziranga National Park is about 55 km east of Tezpur. The nearest other World Heritage site is Moidams, about 150 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Tezpur · about 59,000 peopleabout 55 km west
- Itanagar · about 45,000 peopleabout 55 km north-east
- Jorhat · about 69,000 peopleabout 85 km east
- Kohima · about 92,000 peopleabout 130 km south-east
- Guwahati · about 983,000 peopleabout 170 km west
- Dibrugarh · about 166,000 peopleabout 180 km north-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
IndiaCultural155 km away
IndiaNatural240 km away
ChinaCultural398 km away
BangladeshCultural474 km away
IndiaCultural506 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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