Siem Reap
ក្រុងសៀមរាប | |
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From top, left to right: Wat Racha Bo, Townhouses, Street of Siem Reap, The Royal Residence, Independence Park Entrance Gate, Aerial View, The Riverside, Wat Damnak | |
| Nickname: Temple Town | |
  Siem Reap Location within Cambodia  Siem Reap Location within Asia | |
| Coordinates: 13°21′44″N 103°51′35″E / 13.36222°N 103.85972°E | |
| Country |  Cambodia |
| Province | Siem Reap |
| Municipality | Siem Reap |
| Settled | 802 |
| Official | 1907 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Nuon Putheara |
| Elevation | 18 m (59 ft) |
| Population (2019)[1] | |
| • Total | 245,494 |
| • Rank | 2nd |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
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. In and around the city there are museums, traditional Apsara dance performances, a Cambodian cultural village, souvenir and handicraft shops, silk farms, rice paddies in the countryside, fishing villages and a bird sanctuary near Tonlé Sap, and a cosmopolitan drinking and dining scene. Siem Reap city, home to the famous Angkor Wat temples, was named the ASEAN City of Culture for the period 2021–2022 at the 9th Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Culture and Arts (AMCA) organized on Oct 22, 2020.[2]
Today, Siem Reap has many hotels, resorts, and restaurants, due to its proximity to the Angkor Wat temples, Cambodia's most popular tourist attraction.
- ^ "General Population Census of the Kingdom of Cambodia 2019 – Final Results" (PDF). National Institute of Statistics. Ministry of Planning. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ "Siem Reap City selected as ASEAN City of Culture for 2021–2022". khmertimeskh.com. 24 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.