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For its outstanding universal value, Swayambhunath was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"type","label":"Type","values":[{"text":"structure of worship","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1370598"},{"text":"Buddhist temple","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5393308"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12946982#P31"}},{"key":"located_in","label":"Located in","values":[{"text":"Kathmandu (city)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3037","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/kathmandu"},{"text":"Kathmandu District (district of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q797472","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/kathmandu-district"},{"text":"Bagmati Province (province of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25104015","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/bagmati-province"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12946982#P131"}},{"key":"area","label":"Area","values":[{"text":"32.63 ha","value":32.63}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12946982#P2046"}},{"key":"heritage","label":"Heritage status","values":[{"text":"part of UNESCO World Heritage Site","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43113623","start":"1979"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12946982#P1435"}},{"key":"website","label":"Official website","values":[{"text":"swayambhu.buddhism-foundation.org","url":"http://swayambhu.buddhism-foundation.org/"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12946982#P856"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swayambhunath","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A5","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12946982","http://swayambhu.buddhism-foundation.org/"],"faq":[{"q":"Where is Swayambhunath located?","a":"Swayambhunath is located in Kathmandu, Kathmandu District, Bagmati Province, Nepal."}],"related":[],"places_in":[],"nearby":[{"name":"Thamel","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/thamel","km":2.0},{"name":"Kathmandu Durbar Square","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kathmandu-durbar-square","km":2.1},{"name":"Hanuman Dhoka","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/hanuman-dhoka","km":2.1},{"name":"Kathmandu Valley","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kathmandu-valley","km":2.2},{"name":"Asan, Kathmandu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/asan-kathmandu","km":2.3},{"name":"Rani Pokhari","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/rani-pokhari","km":2.6}],"image":{"url":"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Swayambhunath_2018.jpg/960px-Swayambhunath_2018.jpg","width":640,"height":413,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Nabin K. 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