🏛️ Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape

Mongolia · Asia · Cultural · 47.20°N, 102.80°E

The Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape sprawls along the banks of the Orkhon River in Central Mongolia, some 320 km west from the capital Ulaanbaatar. It was inscribed by UNESCO in the World Heritage List as representing the development of nomadic pastoral traditions spanning more than two millennia.

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Quick facts

Country	Mongolia
Continent / region	Asia
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	47.20°N, 102.80°E · view on map

Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape is a cultural World Heritage site in Mongolia, in Asia. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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