Mount Emei and Leshan Giant Buddha
Also known as Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area, World Heritage Site No. 779
Category
Mixed
Inscribed under criteria (iv), (vi), (x).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
China
Inscribed
1996
Area
15,400 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Mount Emei and Leshan Giant Buddha is about 5 km south-east of Leshan. The nearest other World Heritage site is Qingcheng and Dujiangyan, about 150 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Leshan · about 1,157,000 peopleabout 5 km north-west
- Yaan · about 340,000 peopleabout 80 km north-west
- Zigong · about 1,105,000 peopleabout 100 km east
- Yibin · about 902,000 peopleabout 120 km south-east
- Neijiang · about 1,466,000 peopleabout 120 km east
- Chengdu · about 4,123,000 peopleabout 130 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
ChinaCultural153 km away
ChinaNatural161 km away
ChinaCultural188 km away
ChinaNatural254 km away
ChinaNatural355 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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