Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
Also known as Mountain of Butterflies
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criterion (vii).
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Mexico
Inscribed
2008
Area
13,552 ha
In preparation
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve is about 35 km east of Ciudad Hidalgo. The nearest other World Heritage site is Historic Centre of Morelia, about 100 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Ciudad Hidalgo · about 64,000 peopleabout 35 km west
- Toluca · about 1,531,000 peopleabout 65 km south-east
- San Juan del Río · about 148,000 peopleabout 90 km north
- Morelia · about 644,000 peopleabout 100 km west
- Querétaro · about 961,000 peopleabout 110 km north
- Mexico City · about 19,028,000 peopleabout 120 km east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
MexicoCultural99 km away
MexicoCultural109 km away
MexicoCultural112 km away
MexicoCultural115 km away
MexicoCultural118 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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