Pantanal Conservation Area
Also known as Aire de conservation du Pantanal, pântano
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (vii), (ix), (x).
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Brazil
Inscribed
2000
Area
187,818 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Pantanal Conservation Area is about 150 km south of Cáceres.
Nearest towns and cities
- Cáceres · about 85,000 peopleabout 150 km north
- Puerto Suárez · about 22,000 peopleabout 180 km south
- Corumbá · about 97,000 peopleabout 180 km south
- Várzea Grande · about 250,000 peopleabout 240 km north-east
- Cuiabá · about 806,000 peopleabout 250 km north-east
- Barra do Bugres · about 31,000 peopleabout 260 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
BoliviaNatural502 km away
BoliviaCultural547 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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