Mount Huangshan
Also known as Huang Shan, Huangshan, Huángshān, montagnes jaunes, Parc national de Huangshan, Yellow Mountain, Yellow Mountains, 黄山
Category
Mixed
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (vii), (x).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
China
Inscribed
1990
Area
16,060 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Mount Huangshan is about 100 km south of Tongling. The nearest other World Heritage site is Xidi and Hongcun, about 30 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Tongling · about 563,000 peopleabout 100 km north
- Xuanzhou · about 866,000 peopleabout 110 km north-east
- Anqing · about 580,000 peopleabout 120 km west
- Jingdezhen · about 457,000 peopleabout 130 km south-west
- Wuhu · about 810,000 peopleabout 140 km north
- Quzhou · about 370,000 peopleabout 150 km south-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
ChinaCultural30 km away
ChinaCultural84 km away
ChinaNatural131 km away
ChinaCultural177 km away
ChinaCultural190 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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