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Hội An

Cultural World Heritage property in Vietnam, inscribed in 1999 under criteria (ii), (v).

Hội An, Vietnam
Photo: Steffen Schmitz ( more photos ) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Vietnam
Year of inscription
1999
Criteria
iiv
Area of property
6,000 ha
Location
Quảng Nam
What it is
provincial city of Vietnam, big city
Elevation
13 m
Reference
WHC 948 · Wikidata Q36160

Why it is on the List

(ii)Shows a major exchange of ideas — in architecture, technology, art, town planning or landscape design — over time or across a cultural area.(v)An outstanding example of a traditional settlement or use of land or sea that represents a culture, especially one now vulnerable.
nearby

Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

Mỹ Sơn, Vietnam26 kmMỹ SơnVietnam · 1999CulturalChampasak cultural landscape, Laos295 kmChampasak cultural landscapeLaos · 2001CulturalPhong Nha–Ke Bang National Park, Vietnam297 kmPhong Nha–Ke Bang National ParkVietnam · 2003NaturalPreah Vihear Temple, Cambodia425 kmPreah Vihear TempleCambodia · 2008CulturalKoh Ker, Cambodia471 kmKoh KerCambodia · 2023CulturalSambor Prei Kuk, Cambodia488 kmSambor Prei KukCambodia · 2017Cultural
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