Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
Also known as Parque nacional Noel Kempff Mercado
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (ix), (x).
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Bolivia
Inscribed
2000
Area
1,523,446 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park is about 190 km south-west of Vilhena. The nearest other World Heritage site is Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos, about 290 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Vilhena · about 63,000 peopleabout 190 km north-east
- Pontes e Lacerda · about 29,000 peopleabout 190 km south-east
- San Ignacio · about 25,000 peopleabout 240 km south
- Pimenta Bueno · about 26,000 peopleabout 290 km north
- Rolim de Moura · about 25,000 peopleabout 300 km north
- Ji-Paraná · about 65,000 peopleabout 400 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
BoliviaCultural289 km away
BrazilNatural502 km away
BoliviaCultural542 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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