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Phnom Den
Phnom (), occasionally transliterated as Phnum, is a Khmer word that means 'hill' or 'mountain'. It may refer to: Geography *Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia * Phnom Aural ** Phnom Aural Wildlife Sanctuary *Phnom Bakheng *Phnom Bok * Phnom Chhnork * Phnom Da *Phnom Dei ** Phnom Dei Commune * Phnom Doh Kromom *Phnom Kmoch * Phnom Kong Rei *Phnom Krom ** Phnom Krom railway * Prasat Phnom Krom *Phnom Kulen **Phnom Kulen National Park *Phnom Malai * Phnom Nam Lyr ** Phnom Nam Lyr Wildlife Sanctuary * Phnom Samkos **Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary *Killing caves of Phnom Sampeau *Phnom Sampov *Phnom Santuk *Phnom Sorsia *Phnom Srok (town) *Phnom Srok district *Phnom Sruoch District *Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Centre *Phnom Tumpor *Phnom Voar Phnom Voar () is a small range of mountains in southern Cambodia. The mountain range is located in Damnak Chang'eaur District of Kep Province, near the border with Kampot Province. This relatively isolated range became notorious as a battleg . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Cambodia, most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since 1865 and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its political, economic, industrial, and cultural centre. The city's name derives from Wat Phnom, a Buddhist temple, and Penh, Lady Penh, the city's founder. It sits at the confluence of the Tonlé Sap River, Tonlé Sap and Mekong rivers, and is the start of the Bassac River. It is also the seat of Monarchy of Cambodia, Cambodia's monarchy, based at the Royal Palace of Cambodia, Royal Palace. Founded in 1372, Phnom Penh succeeded Angkor Thom as the national capital in 1434 following the Dark ages of Cambodia, fall of Angkor, and remained so until 1497. It regained its capital status during the French protectorate of Cambodia, French colonial era. It underwent a period of investment and modernization during First Kingdom of Cambodia, Cambodia's independence period, earni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phnom Malai
Phnom Malai () is a mountain area in Malai District, Banteay Meanchey Province of Cambodia. The district became a Khmer Rouge stronghold and battleground through the 1980s and 1990s. Today it is a remote and sparsely populated border area with scattered settlements mostly made up of former rebels. History Refugees from refugee camps in Aranyaprathet, Thailand, were forcefully sent back across the border in 1980 to areas under Khmer Rouge control and many of them ended up in Phnom Malai. The process was organized by pro- Democratic Kampuchea cadres, but it was presented to the press as "voluntary". It was supported by the United States government, who took a dim view of the existing pro-Vietnamese Cambodian regime, as well as countries like Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore, whose representative exhorted the disoriented refugees to "go back and fight." By 1981 Phnom Malai was not self-sufficient, the Khmer Rouge uniforms and weapons came from China, channeled through the Thai m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phnom Tumpor
Phnom Tumpor (; Tumpor Mountain) is a mountain in Pursat Province of western Cambodia Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline .... There is a village nearby named Tumpor that lies on the Stung Pouthisat River. The mountain is part of the Cardamom Range and has an elevation of . References {{Cambodia-geo-stub Tumpor Tumpor Villages in Cambodia Populated places in Pursat province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Centre
The Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Centre (PTWRC; ) is a wildlife centre located roughly by road south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The centre was established in 1995 and with an area of over 6,000 acres of protected regenerating forest, this is the largest zoo in Cambodia. Since 2001, PTWRC has been run by the government institution of Cambodian Forestry Administration in partnership with an environmental non-profit organization called Wildlife Alliance. Wildlife Alliance animal husbandry specialists, veterinarians, and care takers assist in the feeding and care of animals and operations. PTWRC currently houses over 1,200 rescued animals from 102 species including endangered Asian elephants, tigers, Pileated gibbon, Siamese crocodile, Malayan sun bears, among many others. Many of the species are listed as Endangered or Vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). A captive breeding and release program for the critically endangered Siamese crocodile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phnom Sruoch District
Phnom Sruoch ( ) is a district located in Kampong Speu Province in central Cambodia. Ecology The largest surface of Kirirom National Park is part of Phnom Sruoch District, Kampong Speu, while another section is in neighboring Koh Kong Province. The Kirirom National Park is located in the eastern part of the Cardamom Mountains, about 112 km from Phnom Penh. The road from Phnom Penh to Kampong Som runs along the southern boundary of the park. Among the animals in the park, the following deserve mention: Asian elephant, deer, gaur, banteng, leopard, spotted linsang, pileated gibbon and tiger. Administration Phnom Sruoch District is subdivided into 12 communes (''khum Administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Cambodia have several levels. Cambodia is divided into 24 provinces (''khaet''; ) and the special administrative unit and capital of Phnom Penh. Though a different administrative unit, Phnom Penh is a ...'') [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phnom Srok District
Phnom Srok (, ) is a district (''srok'') in the east of Banteay Meanchey province, in north-western Cambodia. The district capital is Phnom Srok town located around 52 kilometres north east of the provincial capital of Sisophon by road. Phnom Srok district is the easternmost district of Banteay Meanchey. The district shares a border with both Siem Reap province and Oddar Meanchey province to the east. There are no major roads within the district and it is quite isolated. The district can be accessed by road from Sisophon (52 km) or Siem Reap (city) (70 km). Though there are no major roads, numerous tertiary roads run through from the district centre to the nearby districts of Kralanh, Chong Kal, Svay Chek and Preah Net Preah. The district encompasses significant wetlands and the large Democratic Kampuchea era reservoir of Ang Trapaing Thmor. Due to its relative isolation, these wetlands are home to numerous rare and endangered bird species and 10,000 hectares ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phnom Srok (town)
Phnom Srok is a town and seat of Phnom Srok District in Banteay Meanchey Province in north-western Cambodia Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline .... It is located 52 kilometres north-east of Sisophon. {{coord, 13, 45, N, 103, 20, E, display=title, region:KH_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Towns in Cambodia Phnom Srok District Populated places in Banteay Meanchey province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phnom Sorsia
Phnom Sorsia is a Buddhist hill complex in Kampot Province, southern Cambodia. It contains Buddhist cultural features approached by a staircase and a complex of karst caves. One cave, ''Rung Damrey Saa'' ("White Elephant's Cave"), has a stalagmite resembling the head of an elephant; another has a bat colony. The gateway to the caves is marked by a pagoda, approximately from the main road. Geography The complex is located about east of Kampot. It is accessed via a dirt road which veers from the NH33; signage refers to the site as the Phnom Sorsia Resort. Phnom Sorsia, Phnom Chhnork, Kep, and Bokor National Park make up a popular day trip of the Kampot Province. The forest-covered hill has several limestone caves. The White Elephant Cave is so named as there are many stalagmites in the limestone formations which resemble white elephants. East of Phnom Sorsia is the "Bat Cave", with a population of several thousand bats. They come out to the surface through a narrow chimne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phnom Santuk
Phnom Santuk () is a hill and cultural site in the Cambodian province of Kampong Thom. Located in Ko Koh village, Ko Koh commune, Santuk District, it is the most sacred mountain of the province. The summit is accessed by a stone pathway with many statues flanking the way. At the top is a white-walled temple and many shrines and deities, including several reclining Buddhas made out of rock, measuring more than in length. Monks inhabit the site. Etiology Phnom Santuk appears in the epic legend of Baksei Chamkrong. When the general Ta Moeng welcomes Baksei Chamkrong and Tak He who are fleeing from Angkor, he provides them with shelter and feeds them out of pity. He goes out to collect rice, water, fish, meat and leave it to Tak He as food for the trip. In the legend, the narrator etiologically explains that the place was a place of refuge at a mountain of despair and is therefore known as Phnom Asontuk (Khmer: ភ្នំអាសន្នទុក្ខ) or in the abrid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phnom Sampov
Phnom Sampov (, also spelled Phnom Sampeau) is a limestone mountain and important religious site located in Battambang Province. See also *Killing caves of Phnom Sampeau The killing caves of Phnom Sampeau are a Khmer Rouge (KR) execution site on Phnom Sampeau, a hill southwest of Battambang in western Cambodia. KR killed their victims on top of the cave at the rim of a daylight shaft or ceiling hole and threw the ... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sampov, Phnom Mountains of Cambodia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killing Caves Of Phnom Sampeau
The killing caves of Phnom Sampeau are a Khmer Rouge (KR) execution site on Phnom Sampeau, a hill southwest of Battambang in western Cambodia. KR killed their victims on top of the cave at the rim of a daylight shaft or ceiling hole and threw the corpses into the cave. Men and women were placed in separate caves and clothes in another. Phnom Sampeau (Sampeau Hill) has multiple caves that traditionally served as Buddhist temples. A large glass memorial in the cave next to the skulls and bones and a golden reclining Buddha mark the massacre. A memorial assembled from cyclone fencing and chicken wire contains human bones. Geography The caves are located on the Mountain of Phnom Sampeau, about mid-way up the mountain along a road. The mountain is of karstic limestone and features a group of temples. The approach is to the west of Battambang city on the road to Pailin. The mountain is home for a group of macaques, which feed on bananas left by pilgrims. A natural arch made of stalac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary
Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary in western Cambodia, bordering Thailand. The sanctuary was established in 1993 and covers . It is also designated as an Important Bird Area (IBA). Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Cardamom Mountains and the area comprises mostly forested mountains, but with many different habitats and forest-types, and the landscape is dominated by three discrete peaks: Phnom Samkos ( and Cambodia's second highest peak), Phnom Khmaoch (), and Phnom Tumpor (). History Historically, the sanctuary area has been inhabited by ethnic ''Por'' (or ''Pear''), the namesake of the broader term Pearic people. In Cambodia, ethnic groups living in the highlands of the country are all referred to as Khmer Loeu. Flora and fauna The sanctuary is notable for its large diversity of habitats, including several types of forests. The interior of the sanctuary is largely unexplored by scientists, but small-scale surveys suggests that many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
