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Largest Pre-Columbian Urban and Mound Center in North America North of Mexico

UNESCO identifies Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site for the record described as "Largest Pre-Columbian Urban and Mound Center in North America North of Mexico".

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more than1,600ha

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UNESCO identifies Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site for the record described as "Largest Pre-Columbian Urban and Mound Center in North America North of Mexico".

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more than 1,600

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  1. —more than 1,600 haCahokia Mounds State Historic SiteCahokia, Illinois, United StatesCurrent Record

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Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
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