Cheung Aek
Cheung Aek is a locality in Dangkao, Phnom Penh. Cheung Aek is situated nearby to the abandoned locality Choeung Ek, as well as near the locality Phumĭ Bakur.Places of Interest
Highlights include Choeung Ek Genocidal Center.
Choeung Ek Genocidal Center
Battlefield
Photo: Timgray200, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Choeung Ek is a site in Dangkao on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, that was used as a Killing Field between 1977 and 1979 by the Khmer Rouge to perpetrate the Cambodian genocide.
Cheung Aek
- Type: Locality with 7,190 residents
- Location: Dangkao, Phnom Penh, Mekong Lowlands and Central Plains, Cambodia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
11.4767° or 11° 28′ 36″ northLongitude
104.9072° or 104° 54′ 26″ eastPopulation
7,190Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)Open location code
7P36FWG4+MVGeoNames ID
12205555
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In Other Languages
“Cheung Aek” goes by many names.
- Khmer: “ជើងឯក”
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