Phnom Tbeng Meanchey

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Phnom Tbeng Meanchey
Phnom Tbeng Meanchey Location of Phnom Tbeng Meanchey, Cambodia
Coordinates: 13°49′N 104°58′E / 13.817, 104.967
Country	Cambodia
Province	Preah Vihear Province
District
Government
- Type	City

Phnom Tbeng Meanchey is the capital of Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia.

[edit] Sites

• Koh Ker Temple complex - Koh Ker was once a capital city of Cambodia.
• Bakan or Preah Khan temples: 105 kilometres southwest of the provincial town, built under the reign of King Suryavarman I (1002-1050)
• Noreay Temples, five 7th century temples made of Sandstone, laterite and brick, 32 kilometres northeast of the town. Built in the 7th century.
• Phnom Pralean temple: a temple built to worship Brahmanism, on top of a 180 metres hill
• Neak Buos temple 75 kilometres north of Tbaeng Meanchey
• Krapum Chhouk temple: built in the 10th century in laterite and stone, 45 kilometres south of Tbaeng Meanchey
• Kork Beng temple: a ruined laterite and sandstone temple built between 936 and 951 by a commander named Kork on the order of King Jayavarman IV.
• Wat Peung Preah Ko: a place of worship in beautiful natural surroundings believed to possess strong supernatural powers

v • d • e Preah Vihear Province Capital city: Phnom Tbeng Meanchey Chey Saen • Chhaeb  • Choam Khsant  • Kuleaen  • Sangkom Thmei  • Tbaeng Meanchey • Rovieng

Coordinates: 13°49′N 104°58′E / 13.817, 104.967