Chinchorro Culture Sites
Also known as Settlement and Artificial Mummification of the Chinchorro Culture in the Arica and Parinacota Region, Chinchorro mummies
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (iii), (v).
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Chile
Inscribed
2021
Area
5 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Chinchorro Culture Sites is in Arica. The nearest other World Heritage site is Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System, about 80 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Arica · about 186,000 peopleabout 4 km south-east
- Tacna · about 280,000 peopleabout 55 km north
- Ilo · about 53,000 peopleabout 140 km north-west
- Moquegua · about 55,000 peopleabout 160 km north-west
- Iquique · about 227,000 peopleabout 200 km south
- Mollendo · about 49,000 peopleabout 240 km north-west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, PeruCultural81 km away
ChileCultural200 km away
PeruCultural265 km away
BoliviaCultural277 km away
BoliviaCultural496 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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