Oudong

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Oudong
Wat Oudong on top of Phnom Oudong
Wat Oudong on top of Phnom Oudong
Oudong (Cambodia)
Oudong
Oudong
Location of Oudong, Cambodia
Coordinates: 11°48′N 104°45′E / 11.8, 104.75
Country Flag of Cambodia Cambodia
Province Kampong Chhnang Province
District
Government
 - Type City


For the dish, see Udon.
A view of the Oudong landscape from Wat Oudong.
A view of the Oudong landscape from Wat Oudong.

Oudong (also romanized as Udong and Odongk) was a royal capital of Cambodia from 1618 to 1866, located on top of Phnom Udong, about 40 km northwest of Phnom Penh. In the year 1866, it was abandoned by King Norodom, taking his royal court along with him to the current capital, Phnom Penh.

It was extensively bombed by the American forces during the Vietnam War and damaged by the Khmer Rouge in 1977.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ [http://www.taxivantha.com/2_Phnom_Penh/2202.htm Where to go Udong (Oudong)]. taxivantha. Retrieved on 2007-11-26.

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Coordinates: 11°48′N, 104°45′E