Xinjiang Tianshan
A World Heritage Site in China, inscribed in 2013 as a Natural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- China
- Region
- Asia and the Pacific
- Inscribed
- 2013
- Category
- Natural Site
- Criteria
- (vii)(ix)
- Property area
- approx. 6,068 km² (606,833 ha)
- Component parts
- 4
- Coordinates
- 41.9683, 80.3542
- UNESCO ID
- 1414
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
- Tianshan au Xinjiang
- Spanish
- El Tianshan de Xinjiang
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- Ancient City of Ping Yao (1997)
- Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun (2000)
- Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City (2019)
- Badain Jaran Desert - Towers of Sand and Lakes (2024)
- Beijing Central Axis: A Building Ensemble Exhibiting the Ideal Order of the Chinese Capital (2024)
- Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom (2004)
- Chengjiang Fossil Site (2012)
- China Danxia (2010)
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou (1997)
- Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces (2013)
- Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu’er (2023)
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