Bakong

Bakong is the earliest sandstone temple mountain constructed under the Khmer Empire located at , near present-day in . Built in the late ninth century CE, it served as the official state temple of king Indravarman I within the capital city of Hariharalaya, today known as .
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of 19 metres (62 feet)
  • Opening hours: 7:30 AM–5:00 PM
  • Description: Temple mountain of sandstone near Siem Reap, Cambodia

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Prei Monti Temple.

Prasat Prei Monti is an early Angkorian site in the… is situated 1 km south of Bakong.

Bakong

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Latitude
13.33592° or 13° 20′ 9″ north
Longitude
103.9741° or 103° 58′ 27″ east
Open location code
7P558XPF+9J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 786575314
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­temple
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
11562962
Wiki­data ID
Q788982

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Bakong” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Bakong”
  • Chinese: “巴孔寺”
  • Chinese: “巴空寺”
  • Croatian: “Bakong”
  • Dutch: “Bakong”
  • Finnish: “Bakong”
  • French: “Bakong”
  • German: “Bakong”
  • Hebrew: “בקונג”
  • Hungarian: “Bakong”
  • Indonesian: “Bakong”
  • Italian: “Bakong”
  • Japanese: “バコン”
  • Khmer: “Bakong”
  • Khmer: “បា្រសាទបាគង”
  • Khmer: “ប្រាសាទ បាគង”
  • Khmer: “ប្រាសាទបាគង”
  • Korean: “바콩”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bakong”
  • Norwegian: “Bakong”
  • Russian: “Баконг”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bakong”
  • Spanish: “Bakong”
  • Tamil: “பராசாதபாகங்”
  • Tamil: “பாக்கொங்”
  • Tatar: “Баконг”
  • Thai: “บากอง”
  • Thai: “ปราสาทบากง”
  • Thai: “ปราสาทบากอง”
  • Ukrainian: “Баконг”
  • Vietnamese: “Bakong”

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