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This Country the Size of Illinois Holds the World's Highest Mountain, the Buddha's Birthplace and Wild Bengal Tigers — All UNESCO-Protected

Nepal covers roughly the same area as Illinois, yet UNESCO has recognised four of its places as having outstanding value to the whole of humanity —…

By Laxman Rawal · Aug 25, 2026

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Nepal is roughly the same size as Illinois, and a little smaller than England. Inside that modest footprint, UNESCO has decided that four separate places meet its highest bar: outstanding value to the whole of humanity, not just to Nepal. Two are natural…

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Four sites, two very different Nepals

What makes the list unusual is not the number, it is the range. Most countries with four heritage sites cluster them around one theme — a run of cathedrals, a chain of old towns. Nepal's four span from around 150m above sea level in the humid Terai jungle…

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