Qinghai Hoh Xil
Also known as Aqinggongjia, Āqīnggòngjiā, Hoh Xil, Keke Xili, Kekexili, Kěkěxīlǐ, Khökh shil, Хөхшил, ཁུ་ཁུ་ཞིལ།, ཨ་ཆེན་གངས་རྒྱབ, ཨ་ཆེན་གངས་རྒྱལ།།, ᠬᠥᠬᠡ ᠰᠢᠯ, 可可西里, 阿卿贡嘉
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (vii), (x).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
China
Inscribed
2017
Area
3,735,632 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Qinghai Hoh Xil is about 380 km west of Golmud.
Nearest towns and cities
- Golmud · about 107,000 peopleabout 380 km north-east
- Jyekundo · about 23,000 peopleabout 580 km south-east
- Quiemo · about 66,000 peopleabout 590 km north-west
- Lhasa · about 220,000 peopleabout 610 km south
- Dunhuang · about 140,000 peopleabout 640 km north-east
- Xigaze · about 80,000 peopleabout 690 km south
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
No other World Heritage sites lie within 600 km.
Further resources
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The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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