Mogao Caves
Also known as Fresques de Dunhuang, Grottes de Dunhuang, Mogao ku
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
China
Inscribed
1987
List reference
440
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Mogao Caves is about 17 km south-east of Dunhuang.
Nearest towns and cities
- Dunhuang · about 140,000 peopleabout 17 km north-west
- Yumen · about 350,000 peopleabout 250 km east
- Jiayuguan · about 148,000 peopleabout 300 km east
- Hami · about 580,000 peopleabout 330 km north
- Golmud · about 107,000 peopleabout 400 km south
- Zhangye · about 231,000 peopleabout 500 km east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
No other World Heritage sites lie within 600 km.
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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