Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (vii), (viii).
Region
Africa
Zambia, Zimbabwe
Inscribed
Year to be confirmed
Area
6,860 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls is about 7 km south of Livingstone. The nearest other World Heritage site is Okavango Delta, about 350 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Victoria Falls · about 36,000 peopleat the site
- Livingstone · about 165,000 peopleabout 7 km north
- Hwange · about 34,000 peopleabout 85 km south-east
- Choma · about 47,000 peopleabout 170 km north-east
- Sesheke · about 20,000 peopleabout 170 km west
- Katima Mulilo · about 25,000 peopleabout 180 km west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
BotswanaNatural352 km away
ZimbabweCultural365 km away
BotswanaCultural443 km away
ZimbabweNatural444 km away
ZimbabweCultural594 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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