Yungang Grottoes
Also known as Yungang
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (i), (ii), (iii), (iv).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
China
Inscribed
2001
Area
349 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Yungang Grottoes is about 15 km west of Datong. The nearest other World Heritage site is Mount Wutai, about 120 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Datong · about 1,873,000 peopleabout 15 km east
- Fengzhen · about 99,000 peopleabout 40 km north
- Jining · about 282,000 peopleabout 100 km north
- Shuozhou · about 570,000 peopleabout 110 km south-west
- Hohhot · about 1,726,000 peopleabout 150 km north-west
- Xuanhua · about 410,000 peopleabout 170 km east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
ChinaCultural121 km away
ChinaCultural244 km away
ChinaCultural254 km away
ChinaCultural268 km away
ChinaCultural279 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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