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Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Central Asia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Silk Roads: The Routes Network of Chang'an-Tian Shan Corridor is a UNESCO World Heritage Site which covers the Chang'an-Tianshan portion of the ancient Silk Road and historical sites along the route. On June 22, 2014, UNESCO designated a 5,000 km stretch of the Silk Road network from Central China to the Zhetysu region of Central Asia as a World Heritage site. The corridor spans China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan and includes 33 new sites and several previously designated heritage sites.[1]
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Includes | 33 locations in 3 countries |
Criteria | Cultural: (ii), (iii), (vi) |
Reference | 1442 |
Inscription | 2014 (38th Session) |
Area | 42,668.16 ha (164.7427 sq mi) |
Buffer zone | 189,963.1 ha (733.452 sq mi) |
Website | www |
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