Quebrada de Humahuaca
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (iv), (v).
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Argentina
Inscribed
2003
Area
172,116 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Quebrada de Humahuaca is about 110 km west of San Ramón de la Nueva Orán.
Nearest towns and cities
- Libertador General San Martín · about 49,000 peopleabout 90 km south-east
- San Ramón de la Nueva Orán · about 74,000 peopleabout 110 km east
- San Salvador de Jujuy · about 306,000 peopleabout 110 km south
- Bermejo · about 37,000 peopleabout 110 km north-east
- San Pedro · about 58,000 peopleabout 120 km south-east
- Villazón · about 37,000 peopleabout 130 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
BoliviaCultural404 km away
BoliviaCultural462 km away
ChileCultural567 km away
BoliviaCultural581 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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