Bakong
Bakong is the earliest sandstone temple mountain constructed under the Khmer Empire located at Angkor, near present-day Siem Reap in Cambodia. 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 Roluos.
- Opening hours: 7:30 AM—5:00 PM
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Temple mountain of sandstone near Siem Reap, Cambodia
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Prei Monti Temple.
Prei Monti Temple
Prasat Prei Monti is an early Angkorian site in the Roluos group of monuments near Siem Reap, Cambodia. Archaeological evidence identifies it as the royal palace precinct of Hariharālaya, the first Angkorian capital under King Indravarman I. Prei Monti Temple is situated 1 km south of Bakong.Bakong
- Categories: monastery, archaeological site, geographical feature, building, temple, and tourism
- Location: Bakong, Prasat Bakong, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
13.33592° or 13° 20′ 9″ north
Longitude
103.9741° or 103° 58′ 27″ east
Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)
Open location code
7P558XPF+9J
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OpenStreetMap feature
building=temple
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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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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