Land of Frankincense
Also known as Frankincense Trail, Terre de l’encens
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (iii), (iv).
Region
Arab States
Oman
Inscribed
2000
Area
850 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Land of Frankincense is about 140 km north of Salalah.
Nearest towns and cities
- Salalah · about 204,000 peopleabout 140 km south
- Al Ghaydah · about 27,000 peopleabout 270 km south-west
- Saywun · about 69,000 peopleabout 580 km south-west
- Ash Shihr · about 54,000 peopleabout 580 km south-west
- Ibri · about 102,000 peopleabout 630 km north-east
- Al Mukalla · about 258,000 peopleabout 630 km south-west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
YemenCultural593 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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