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Siem Reap (Khmer: សៀមរាប, Siĕm Réab [siəm riəp]) is the second-largest city of Cambodia, as well as the capital and largest city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia. Siem Reap has French-colonial and Chinese-style architecture in the Old French Quarter and around the Old Market.
Siem Reap province is the tenth largest province in Cambodia. Having reached a population of one million in 2019, it ranks as the nation's fourth most populous province. [2] A large portion of Siem Reap province's southern border is demarcated by the Tonle Sap and as such, it is one of the nine provinces that making up the Tonle Sap Biosphere ...
The market is such a fixture in Siem Reap that many businesses give their address in relation to Psah Chas. [1] The Khmer word "psah" ( Khmer pronunciation: [psaː] , "market")) is derived from "pasar" ("market"), either from Malay or Cham , both of which in turn derive from Persian "bazar".
Phnom Bakheng (Khmer: ភ្នំបាខែង [pʰnom baːkʰaeŋ]) is a Hindu temple in the form of a temple mountain in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia. [2] Dedicated to Shiva, it was built at the end of the 9th century, during the reign of King Yasovarman (889–910).
The conservation and restoration of Ta Prohm is a partnership project of the Archaeological Survey of India and the APSARA (Authority for the Protection and Management of Angkor and the Region of Siem Reap). [9] By 2013, the Archaeological Survey of India restored most parts of the temple complex, some of which were constructed from scratch. [9]
Phnom Krom is about 12 kilometers southwest of Siem Reap town. Phnom Krom hill is very rocky; local legend has it that the rocks were exposed by the monkey general Hanuman during a hunt for medicine in the Ramayana epic. The area beyond the temple’s west gate affords views of the Tonle Sap lake.
The range stretches for about 40 kilometres (25 mi) in a WNW–ESE direction and is located some 48 kilometres (30 mi) north of Siem Reap. Its highest point is 487 metres (1,598 ft) and its height is quite regular, averaging 400 metres (1,300 ft) all along the range. Geologically Phnom Kulen is formed of sandstone.
The treaty ensured that the two provinces were part of Siam proper in return for Siam renouncing suzerainty over the rest of Cambodia. The city of Siem Reap was under total Siamese control through a local Khmer family. The Siamese then called this province Siam Nakhon, (later known as Siemmarat), meaning "Siamese town."