Xiongnu Cemeteries
Also known as The Cemetery Complexes of the Xiongnu Nobility, Cemetery Complexes of the Xiongnu Nobility
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criterion (iii).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Mongolia
Inscribed
2026
List reference
1759
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Xiongnu Cemeteries is about 55 km north of Ulaanbaatar. The nearest other World Heritage site is Burghan Khaldun Mountain, about 180 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Ulaanbaatar · about 885,000 peopleabout 55 km south
- Darkhan · about 75,000 peopleabout 140 km north
- Erdenet · about 80,000 peopleabout 210 km west
- Suchboatar · about 24,000 peopleabout 210 km north
- Gusinoozyorsk · about 24,000 peopleabout 320 km north
- Petrovsk Zabaykalskiy · about 21,000 peopleabout 350 km north-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
MongoliaCultural183 km away
MongoliaCultural306 km away
MongoliaCultural417 km away
RussiaNatural554 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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