Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
Also known as Mausoleum of Qin Chi Huang, Qinshihuang Ling, 秦始皇陵
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (i), (iii), (iv), (vi).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
China
Inscribed
1987
List reference
441
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor is about 25 km south-west of Weinan. The nearest other World Heritage site is Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan, about 35 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Weinan · about 172,000 peopleabout 25 km north-east
- Xian · about 4,009,000 peopleabout 35 km west
- Xianyang · about 1,126,000 peopleabout 50 km west
- Dali · about 110,000 peopleabout 80 km north-east
- Tongchuan · about 282,000 peopleabout 80 km north
- Hancheng · about 222,000 peopleabout 160 km north-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
China, Kyrgyzstan, KazakhstanCultural37 km away
ChinaCultural273 km away
ChinaCultural295 km away
ChinaNatural336 km away
ChinaCultural350 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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