Preah Vihear
Prasat Preah Vihear is a Khmer temple crowning a 525-m cliff in the Dângrêk Mountains in Cambodia, across the border from Si Saket and Kantharalak in northeastern Thailand. It is also the name of the surrounding province.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: PsamatheM, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: CHAMRAT CHAROENKHET, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: Khmer Temple that has territorial conflict between Cambodia and Thailand
- Also known as: “Khao Phra Vihār”, “Khao Phra Wihan”, “Khao Phrom Wihan”, “Khao Pra Wihan”, “Kheo Phra Viharn”, “Phra Viharn”, “Phum Preos Vihear”, “Prasat Khao Phra Viharn”, “Prasat Khao Phra Wihan”, “Prasat Phra Wihan”, “Prasat Preah Vihear”, “Prasat Preăh Vihéar”, “Preah Vihea”, “Preăh Vĭhear”, “Preah Vihear Temple”, “Preah Vinear”, and “Préas Vihear”
Preah Vihear
- Categories: Khmer temple, archaeological site, disputed territory, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Kantuot, Choam Khsant, Preah Vihear Province, North-western Cambodia, Cambodia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
14.3917° or 14° 23′ 30″ northLongitude
104.6803° or 104° 40′ 49″ eastElevation
643 metres (2,110 feet)Open location code
7P669MRJ+M4OpenStreetMap ID
node 256992228OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=yesGeoNames ID
1822719Wikidata ID
Q45949
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Preah Vihear” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “برياه فيهير”
- Arabic: “معبد برياه فيهير”
- Basque: “Preah Vihear tenplua”
- Belarusian: “Прэах-Віхеяр”
- Bengali: “প্রিয় বিহার মন্দির”
- Bulgarian: “Преах Вихеа”
- Catalan: “Preah Vihear”
- Chinese: “Preah Vihear temple”
- Chinese: “普里維希神廟”
- Chinese: “柏威夏古寺”
- Chinese: “柏威夏寺”
- Chinese: “柏威夏寺案”
- Chinese: “柏威夏神廟”
- Croatian: “Prasat Preah Vihear”
- Czech: “Chrám Preah Vihear”
- Czech: “Preah Vihear”
- Dutch: “Preah Vihear (tempel)”
- Dutch: “Preah Vihear Tempel”
- Dutch: “Preah Vihear”
- Estonian: “Preăh Vĭhéari tempel”
- Finnish: “Khao Phra Viharn”
- Finnish: “Prasat Preah Vihear”
- French: “Preah Vihear”
- French: “Temple de Phra Viharn”
- French: “temple de Preah Vihear”
- French: “Temple de Preah Vihear”
- Galician: “Templo de Preah Vihear”
- Gan Chinese: “柏威夏寺”
- Georgian: “პრეაჰ ვიჰეარის ტაძარი”
- Georgian: “პრეაჰ-ვიჰეარის ტაძარი”
- German: “Prasat Preah Vihear”
- German: “Preah-Vihear-Tempel”
- Hebrew: “מקדש פראה ויהאר”
- Hebrew: “פראה ויהאר”
- Indonesian: “Candi Preah Vihear”
- Indonesian: “Kuil Preah Vihear”
- Indonesian: “Prasat Preah Vihear”
- Indonesian: “Preah Vihear”
- Italian: “Prasat Phra Viharn”
- Italian: “Prasat Preah Vihear”
- Italian: “Preah Vihear”
- Italian: “Tempio di Preah Vihear”
- Italian: “Tempio Preah Vihear”
- Japanese: “カオ・プラ・ウィハーン”
- Japanese: “プレアヴィヒア寺院”
- Japanese: “プレアビヒア寺院”
- Khmer: “Preah Vihear”
- Khmer: “ប្រាសាទ ព្រះវិហារ”
- Khmer: “ប្រាសាទ ព្រះវិហារ”
- Khmer: “ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ”
- Khmer: “ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ”
- Khmer: “ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ”
- Korean: “프라삿 프레아 비헤아르”
- Korean: “프레아 비헤아 사원”
- Korean: “프레아 비헤아르 사원”
- Lao: “ວັດເປຣັຍວິເຮຍ”
- Lao: “ວັດພະວິຫານ”
- Lithuanian: “Preah Vihėjos šventykla”
- Lithuanian: “Preah Vihėjos”
- Malay: “Kuil Preah Vihear”
- Malay: “Preah Vihear”
- Malayalam: “പ്രീ വിഹേർ ക്ഷേത്രം”
- Maltese: “Tempju ta‘ Preah Vihear”
- Maltese: “Tempju ta’ Preah Vihear”
- Mongolian: “Преах Вихеар сүм”
- Persian: “معبد پره ویهار”
- Persian: “نیایشگاه پرهه ویهر”
- Polish: “Preah Vihear”
- Portuguese: “Preah Vihear”
- Portuguese: “Templo de Preah Vihear”
- Portuguese: “Templo Hindu de Preah Vihear”
- Russian: “Пра Вихеар”
- Russian: “Преа Вихеа”
- Russian: “Преах Вихеар”
- Russian: “Преах Вихиар”
- Russian: “Преахвихеа”
- Russian: “Прэахвихеа”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Prasat Preah Vihear”
- Slovak: “Chrám Preah Vihear”
- Slovak: “Preah Vihear”
- Slovenian: “Preah Vihear”
- Spanish: “Preah Vihear”
- Spanish: “Templo de Preah Vihear”
- Spanish: “Templo Preah Vihear”
- Swedish: “Preah Vihear”
- Swedish: “Preah Viheartemplet”
- Tamil: “பிரசாத் பிரா விகார்”
- Tamil: “பிரியா விகார் கோயில்”
- Tamil: “பிரியா விகார்”
- Tatar: “Прэахвихеа гыйбадәтханәсе”
- Telugu: “ప్రే విహార దేవాలయం”
- Thai: “เขาพระวิหาร”
- Thai: “ปราสาทเขาพระวิหาร”
- Thai: “ปราสาทพระวิหาร”
- Turkish: “Preah Vihear Tapınağı”
- Turkish: “Preah Vihear”
- Ukrainian: “Преахвіхеа”
- Vietnamese: “Đền Prác-qui-hản”
- Vietnamese: “Đền Pràk Hia”
- Vietnamese: “Đền Pràk-Hia”
- Vietnamese: “Đền Preah Vihear”
- Vietnamese: “Đền Prết Vi Hia”
- Vietnamese: “Đền Prết Vi-hia”
- Vietnamese: “Pra-sạt-prác-qui-hản”
- Vietnamese: “Prasat Preah Vihear”
- Vietnamese: “Preah Vihear”
- Wu Chinese: “柏威夏寺”
- Yue Chinese: “柏威夏寺”
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