Megalithic Jar Sites in Xiengkhuang – Plain of Jars
A World Heritage Site in Laos, inscribed in 2019 as a Cultural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Laos
- Region
- Asia and the Pacific
- Inscribed
- 2019
- Category
- Cultural Site
- Criteria
- (iii)
- Property area
- approx. 174.6 ha
- Component parts
- 15
- Coordinates
- 19.4311, 103.1522
- UNESCO ID
- 1587
Source: factual data from UNESCO DataHub (whc001 / CC BY-SA 4.0). This site uses only factual information such as names, countries, inscription years and categories. No official UNESCO/WHC descriptions, photographs or logos are used.
Names in other languages
- French
- Sites de jarres mégalithiques de Xieng Khouang – plaine des Jarres
- Spanish
- Sitios de tinajas megalíticas de Xieng Khuang – Llano de las Tinajas
- Chinese
- 川圹巨石缸遗址-石缸平原
Other World Heritage Sites in Laos
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