The Great Wall
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (vi).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
China
Inscribed
Year to be confirmed
Area
2,152 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
The Great Wall is about 25 km north of Changping. The nearest other World Heritage site is Summer Palace, Beijing, about 50 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Changping · about 615,000 peopleabout 25 km south-east
- Beijing · about 11,106,000 peopleabout 60 km south-east
- Xuanhua · about 410,000 peopleabout 90 km west
- Zhuozhou · about 628,000 peopleabout 100 km south
- Zhangjiakou · about 1,046,000 peopleabout 110 km north-west
- Langfang · about 810,000 peopleabout 110 km south-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
ChinaCultural49 km away
ChinaCultural63 km away
ChinaCultural65 km away
ChinaCultural82 km away
ChinaCultural169 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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