Tiwanaku
Also known as Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture, Civilisation de Tiwanaku, Culture Tiwanaku, Tiahuanaco, Tiahuanacos, Tiahuanacu, Tiahuanoco, Tihuanaco, Tiwanaco, Tiwanako, Tiwanaku
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (iii), (iv).
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Bolivia
Inscribed
2000
List reference
567
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Tiwanaku is about 55 km west of La Paz. The nearest other World Heritage site is Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System, about 210 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Viacha · about 35,000 peopleabout 40 km east
- La Paz · about 1,590,000 peopleabout 55 km east
- Puno · about 117,000 peopleabout 170 km north-west
- Juliaca · about 246,000 peopleabout 200 km north-west
- Oruro · about 247,000 peopleabout 230 km south-east
- Tacna · about 280,000 peopleabout 230 km south-west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, PeruCultural212 km away
ChileCultural277 km away
PeruCultural305 km away
ChileCultural423 km away
BoliviaCultural455 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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