Orkhon Valley

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Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Location	Mongolia
Includes	Kharkhorum Moiltyn Am Orkhon-7 Khar Balgas Erdene Zuu Monastery Tuvkhun Hermitage Shankh Western Monastery Doit Hill palace Orkhon inscriptions
Criteria	Cultural:  (ii), (iii), (iv)
Reference	1081rev
Inscription	2004 (28th Session)
Area	121,967 ha (301,390 acres)
Buffer zone	61,044 ha (150,840 acres)
Coordinates	47°33′24″N 102°49′53″E / 47.55667°N 102.83139°E / 47.55667; 102.83139
Location of Orkhon Valley in Mongolia

Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape (/ˈɔːrkɒn/;^[1] Mongolian: Орхоны хөндийн соёлын дурсгал, Orkhonii khöndiin soyoliin dursgal, Mongolian Script:ᠣᠷᠬᠣᠨ ᠤ ᠬᠥᠨᠳᠡᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠰᠤᠶᠤᠯ ᠤᠨ ᠳᠤᠷᠠᠰᠬᠠᠯ ) 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. (See List of World Heritage Sites in Mongolia).