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Nisa

Cultural World Heritage property in Turkmenistan, inscribed in 2007 under criteria (ii), (iii).

Nisa, Turkmenistan
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State Party
Turkmenistan
Year of inscription
2007
Criteria
iiiii
Area of property
78 ha
Location
Hyrcania, Ashgabat
What it is
human settlement, archaeological site
Reference
WHC 1242 · Wikidata Q854672

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.(iii)A unique or exceptional witness to a cultural tradition or a civilisation, living or vanished.
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Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

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