Phnom Tbeng Meanchey

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Country Cambodia Population 24,400 (2009) Local time Thursday 9:28 PM		Time zone Cambodia (UTC+7) Province Preah Vihear Area code 855 (064)

District Tbaeng Meanchey District Weather 27°C, Wind S at 2 km/h, 84% Humidity

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

References

Phnom Tbeng Meanchey Wikipedia

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