S-21

The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum is a museum for the Cambodian genocide. Located in , the site is a former secondary school that had been turned into an internment facility known 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: “21호 보안감옥”, “Musée du crime génocidaire”, “Musee Tuol Sleng”, “Museo Tuol Sleng”, “Museu do Genicídio”, “Museum of Genocidal Crime”, “Nhà tù Tuol Sleng”, “Prison S21”, “S-21监狱”, “S-21集中營”, “S-21集中营”, “Security Prison 21”, “Sikkerhetssenter 21”, “Toul Sleng”, “Toul Slengmuseet”, “Toul Slengmuséet”, “Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum”, “Tuol Sleng Museum”, “Tuol Sleng prison”, “Tuol Sleng torture center”, “Tuol Sleng-museet”, “Tuol Svay Prey”, “Tuol-Sleng-Museum”, “טול סלנג”, “טול-סלנג”, “زندان اس ۲۱”, “زندان توئل اسلنگ”, “សារមន្ទីរឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្មប្រល័យពូជសាសន៍ទួលស្លែង”, “뚜얼 쓸렝”, “뚜올 슬렝”, “뚤슬렝”, “투올 슬렝”, “ツール・スレーン”, and “トゥール・スレン”
  • Address: 13 ផ្លូវ ១១៣, សង្កាត់បឹងកេងកងទី ៣, 12304

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Olympic Stadium and Independence Monument.

Stadium
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The National is a multi-purpose stadium in , . is situated 1¼ km northwest of S-21.

The in , capital… 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 , . is situated 760 metres northwest of S-21.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Koh Pich.

Suburb
Photo: Io Herodotus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a 100-hectare island and a mixed-use…

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: “Tuol Sleng espetxe”
  • Belarusian: “Туол Сленг”
  • Bulgarian: “Затвор S-21”
  • Burmese: “တူးစလန် ပြတိုက်”
  • Catalan: “Museu del genocidi Tuol Sleng”
  • Catalan: “Tuol Sleng”
  • Chinese: “吐斯廉屠杀博物馆”
  • Chinese: “吐斯廉屠殺博物館”
  • Czech: “Tuol Sleng”
  • Danish: “S-21”
  • Dutch: “Tuol Sleng-museum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مركز و معتقل تول سلنج”
  • Finnish: “Tuol Sleng”
  • French: “Musée Tuol Sleng”
  • French: “Tuol Sleng”
  • Galician: “Museo do Xenocidio de Tuol Sleng”
  • Galician: “Tuol Sleng”
  • Georgian: “ტუოლ სლენგის გენოციდის მუზეუმი”
  • German: “Tuol-Sleng-Genozid-Museum”
  • Greek: “Μουσείο Γενοκτονίας Τούολ Σλενγκ”
  • Hebrew: “טואול 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: “Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum”
  • Japanese: “S21”
  • Khmer: “សារមន្ទីរទួលស្លែង”
  • Korean: “뚜올쓸라엥”
  • Korean: “툴슬렝 집단학살 박물관”
  • Malayalam: “ടുവോൾ സ്ലെങ്ങ് ജെനോസൈഡ് മ്യൂസിയം”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Folkemordsmuseet Tuol Sleng”
  • Norwegian: “Folkemordsmuseet Tuol Sleng”
  • Persian: “موزه نسل‌کشی توئل اسلنگ”
  • Polish: “Tuol Sleng”
  • Portuguese: “Tuol Sleng”
  • 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”
  • Swahili: “Makumbusho ya Mauaji ya Kimbari ya Tuol Sleng”
  • Swedish: “S-21 Toul Sleng”
  • Swedish: “S-21 Tuol Sleng”
  • Tamil: “தியோல் சிலெங் இனப்படுகொலை அருங்காட்சியகம்”
  • Thai: “พิพิธภัณฑ์การฆ่าล้างเผ่าพันธุ์ต็วลแซลง”
  • Turkish: “Tuol Sleng Soykırım Müzesi”
  • Vietnamese: “Bảo tàng diệt chủng Tuol Sleng”

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