Phnom Tbeng Meanchey
Tbeng Meanchey ត្បែងមានជ័យ | |
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Town | |
Prasat Thom at Koh Ker Temple Complex 40 km west of Tbeng Meanchey | |
Tbeng Meanchey Location of Tbeng Meanchey, Cambodia | |
Coordinates: 13°49′N 104°58′E / 13.817°N 104.967°E | |
Country | Cambodia |
Province | Preah Vihear |
District | Tbaeng Meanchey District |
Government | |
• Type | City municipality |
Population (2009) | |
• Total | 24,400 |
Time zone | Cambodia (UTC+7) |
Area code(s) | 855 (064) |
Tbeng Meanchey (ត្បែងមានជ័យ) is the capital of Preah Vihear Province in northern Cambodia. Phnom Tbeng Meanchey is the mountain rising to 600m 5 km south-west of Tbeng Meanchey town.
Sites
- Koh Ker Home to almost 30 ancient structures, including Prasat Thom, an immense seven-tier pyramid, Koh Ker was briefly the capital of the Khmer Empire under king Jayavarman IV (928–42).
- Prasat Bakan or Preah Khan Kompong Svay complex: 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.
- 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
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Coordinates: 13°49′N 104°58′E / 13.817°N 104.967°E
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