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S-21

The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, or simply Tuol Sleng, is a museum chronicling the Cambodian genocide. Located in , the site is a former secondary school which was used as Security Prison 21 by the Khmer Rouge regime from 1975 until its fall in 1979.
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  • Email: info@tuolsleng.gov.kh
  • Type: Building
  • Description: former Security Prison 21, or S-21, under the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia
  • Also known as: “Museum of Genocidal Crime”, “Security Prison 21”, “Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum”, “Tuol Sleng prison”, and “Tuol Sleng torture center”
  • Address: 13 ផ្លូវ ១១៣, សង្កាត់បឹងកេងកងទី ៣, 12304

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Olympic Stadium and Independence Monument.

Stadium
Photo: Khmer Scholar, CC BY 2.0.
The National is a multi-purpose stadium in , . It has a capacity of 50,000. Despite its name, the stadium has never hosted an Olympic Games. is situated 1¼ km northwest of S-21.

The in , capital of , was built in 1958 to memorialise Cambodia's independence from France in 1953. It stands on a roundabout in the intersection of Norodom Boulevard and Sihanouk Boulevard in the centre of the city. is situated 1½ km northeast of S-21.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Sundgauvien38, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wat Moha Montrey is a wat located on Sihanouk Boulevard in , . Built in 1970, it was used by the Khmer Rouge between 1975 and 1979 as a storage house for rice and corn. is situated 760 metres northwest of S-21.

S-21

Latitude
11.54945° or 11° 32′ 58″ north
Longitude
104.91763° or 104° 55′ 4″ east
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
7P36GWX9+Q3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 222235363
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Geo­Names ID
7647403
Wiki­data ID
Q850268
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“S-21” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف الإبادة الجماعية تول سلينغ”
  • Armenian: “Տուոլ Սլենգի ցեղասպանության թանգարան”
  • Basque: “S-21”
  • Basque: “Tuol Sleng espetxe”
  • Belarusian: “Туол Сленг”
  • Bulgarian: “Затвор S-21”
  • Burmese: “တူးစလန် ပြတိုက်”
  • Catalan: “Museu del genocidi Tuol Sleng”
  • Catalan: “Tuol Sleng”
  • Chinese: “S-21”
  • Chinese: “S-21监狱”
  • Chinese: “S-21集中營”
  • Chinese: “S-21集中营”
  • Chinese: “吐斯廉屠杀博物馆”
  • Chinese: “吐斯廉屠殺博物館”
  • Czech: “S-21”
  • Czech: “Tuol Sleng”
  • Danish: “S-21”
  • Dutch: “Tuol Sleng Museum”
  • Dutch: “Tuol Sleng-museum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مركز و معتقل تول سلنج”
  • Finnish: “S-21”
  • Finnish: “Security Prison 21”
  • Finnish: “Tuol Sleng”
  • French: “Musée du crime génocidaire”
  • French: “Musee Tuol Sleng”
  • French: “Musée Tuol Sleng”
  • French: “Prison S21”
  • French: “S-21”
  • French: “S21”
  • French: “Tuol Sleng”
  • French: “Tuol Svay Prey”
  • Galician: “Tuol Sleng”
  • Georgian: “ტუოლ სლენგის გენოციდის მუზეუმი”
  • German: “Tuol Sleng”
  • German: “Tuol-Sleng-Genozid-Museum”
  • German: “Tuol-Sleng-Museum”
  • Greek: “Μουσείο Γενοκτονίας Τούολ Σλενγκ”
  • Hebrew: “S21”
  • Hebrew: “טואול סלנג”
  • Hebrew: “טול סלנג”
  • Hebrew: “טול-סלנג”
  • Hindi: “तुओल स्लेंग नरसंहार संग्रहालय”
  • Hungarian: “Tuol Sleng”
  • Hungarian: “Tuol Szleng”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Genosida Tuol Sleng”
  • Italian: “Museo del genocidio di Tuol Sleng”
  • Italian: “Museo Tuol Sleng”
  • Italian: “Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum”
  • Italian: “Tuol Sleng”
  • Japanese: “S21”
  • Japanese: “ツール・スレーン”
  • Japanese: “トゥール・スレン”
  • Khmer: “សារមន្ទីរទួលស្លែង”
  • Khmer: “សារមន្ទីរឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្មប្រល័យពូជសាសន៍ទួលស្លែង”
  • Korean: “21호 보안감옥”
  • Korean: “뚜얼 쓸렝”
  • Korean: “뚜올 슬렝”
  • Korean: “뚜올쓸라엥”
  • Korean: “뚤슬렝”
  • Korean: “투올 슬렝”
  • Korean: “툴슬렝 집단학살 박물관”
  • Malayalam: “ടുവോൾ സ്ലെങ്ങ് ജെനോസൈഡ് മ്യൂസിയം”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Folkemordsmuseet Tuol Sleng”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “S-21”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “S21”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sikkerhetssenter 21”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Toul Slengmuséet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tuol Sleng-museet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tuol Sleng”
  • Norwegian: “Folkemordsmuseet Tuol Sleng”
  • Persian: “موزه نسل‌کشی تیول اسلنگ”
  • Polish: “Tuol Sleng”
  • Portuguese: “Museu do Genicídio”
  • Portuguese: “S-21”
  • Portuguese: “Tuol Sleng”
  • Russian: “S21”
  • Russian: “Туолслэнг”
  • Russian: “Туольсленг”
  • Santali: “ᱛᱩᱳᱞ ᱥᱞᱮᱝ ᱡᱮᱱᱳᱥᱟᱭᱰ ᱢᱤᱭᱩᱡᱤᱭᱚᱢ”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Muzej genocida Tuol Sleng”
  • Slovenian: “Muzej genocida Tuol Sleng”
  • Spanish: “Prisión Tuol Sleng”
  • Spanish: “Tuol Sleng”
  • Swedish: “S-21 Toul Sleng”
  • Swedish: “S-21 Tuol Sleng”
  • Swedish: “S-21”
  • Swedish: “S21”
  • Swedish: “Toul Sleng”
  • Swedish: “Toul Slengmuseet”
  • Swedish: “Toul Slengmuséet”
  • Swedish: “Tuol Sleng”
  • Tamil: “தியோல் சிலெங் இனப்படுகொலை அருங்காட்சியகம்”
  • Thai: “พิพิธภัณฑ์การฆ่าล้างเผ่าพันธุ์ต็วลแซลง”
  • Turkish: “Tuol Sleng Soykırım Müzesi”
  • Vietnamese: “Bảo tàng diệt chủng Tuol Sleng”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà tù Tuol Sleng”

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