Xinjiang Tianshan
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (vii), (ix).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
China
Inscribed
2013
Area
606,833 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Xinjiang Tianshan is about 130 km south-east of Yining. The nearest other World Heritage site is Cold Winter Deserts of Turan, about 290 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Yining · about 543,000 peopleabout 130 km north-west
- Kuqa · about 471,000 peopleabout 150 km south
- Zharkent · about 36,000 peopleabout 230 km north-west
- Aksu · about 695,000 peopleabout 270 km south-west
- Karakol · about 70,000 peopleabout 330 km west
- Sarqan · about 77,000 peopleabout 330 km north-west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, UzbekistanNatural287 km away
KazakhstanCultural554 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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