Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape
Also known as Orkhon Valley, Vallée de l'Orkhon, Vallée de l’Orkhon, Культурный ландшафт долины реки Орхон
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (iii), (iv).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Mongolia
Inscribed
2004
Area
121,967 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape is about 190 km south-west of Erdenet. The nearest other World Heritage site is Deer Stone Monuments, about 120 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Arvaikheer · about 28,000 peopleabout 150 km south
- Erdenet · about 80,000 peopleabout 190 km north-east
- Bayankhongor · about 26,000 peopleabout 200 km south-west
- Mörön · about 28,000 peopleabout 310 km north-west
- Ulaanbaatar · about 885,000 peopleabout 310 km east
- Darkhan · about 75,000 peopleabout 350 km north-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
MongoliaCultural122 km away
MongoliaCultural306 km away
MongoliaCultural489 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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