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Siem Reap
សៀមរាប
Province
Siem Reap Province
ខេត្តសៀមរាប
From top: Angkor Wat,
South Gate of Angkor Thom, Phnom Kulen waterfall, moat of Angkor
Official seal of Siem Reap
Nickname: 
Gateway to Angkor
Map of Cambodia highlighting Siem Reap
Map of Cambodia highlighting Siem Reap
Coordinates: 13°21′N 103°51′E / 13.350°N 103.850°E / 13.350; 103.850
CountrySiem Reap province Cambodia
Settled802
Provincial status23 December 1907[1]
CapitalSiem Reap
Subdivisions1 municipality; 13 districts
Government
 • GovernorPrak Sophoan (CPP)
 • National Assembly
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Area
 • Total10,299 km2 (3,976 sq mi)
 • Rank10th
Population
 (2019)[2]
 • TotalIncrease 1,014,234
 • Rank4th
 • Density98/km2 (250/sq mi)
  • Rank13th
Time zoneUTC+07:00 (ICT)
ISO 3166 codeKH-17
Websitewww.siemreap.gov.kh

Siem Reap, officially Siemreap[3] (Khmer: សៀមរាប [siəm riəp], lit.'Siam's Defeated'), is a province (khaet) of Cambodia. It borders the provinces of Oddar Meanchey to the north, Preah Vihear and Kampong Thom to the east, Battambang to the south, and Banteay Meanchey to the west. Its capital and largest city is Siem Reap.

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 Reserve. In modern times the province is best known as the site of Angkor and the Angkor Wat temple ruins, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is also the home of Banteay Srei, Roluos (temples), the UNESCO tentative site of Beng Mealea, and the UNESCO tentative site of Phnom Kulen National Park, home to the country's largest reclining Buddha.

  1. ^ "History of Siem Reap". siemreap.gov.kh. Archived from the original on 18 July 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b "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.
  3. ^ "Geographical Names of the Kingdom of Cambodia" (PDF). UNSTATS. Eighth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names. 29 August 2002. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

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