Angkor Wat

Angkor Wat is a Theravada Buddhist temple complex and the largest religious complex in the world. Located on a site measuring 162.6 hectares within the ancient capital of , it was constructed between 1113 and 1150 CE during the reign of the Khmer king Suryavarman II as a dedicated to Vishnu.
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  • Opening hours: 5:00 AM—5:30 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Buddhist temple complex in Cambodia
  • Also known as: “Angkor Wat (Capital Temple)”, “Brah Bisnulok”, “Brah Bisnulōk”, “City of Temples”, “Nokor Wat”, “Prasat Angkor Wat”, “Temple City”, “Vrah Visnuloka”, and “Vrah Viṣṇuloka”
Photo: Kheng Vungvuthy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Satdeep Gill, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Angkor Archaeological Park and Phnom Bakheng.

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, near in northern , is one of the most important archaeological sites in .

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is a Hindu temple in the form of a temple mountain in Siem Reap Province, . Dedicated to Shiva, it was built at the end of the 9th century, during the reign of King Yasovarman. is situated 1½ km northwest of Angkor Wat.

Photo: Arabsalam, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Prohm Kel is a small ruined sandstone monument in archaeological park, Siem Reap province, Cambodia. was one of the 102 hospital chapels, some of which were already in existence, built by King Jayavarman VII all over the empire. is situated 1 km northwest of Angkor Wat.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Siem Reap.

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The town of , in northern , is the primary access point for the , just north of the city. It is quite laid-back and a pleasant place to stay while touring the temples.

Angkor Wat

Latitude
13.41247° or 13° 24′ 45″ north
Longitude
103.86657° or 103° 51′ 60″ east
Open location code
7P55CV68+XJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1113380295
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q43473
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Angkor Wat” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Angkor Wat”
  • Amharic: “አንኮር ዋት”
  • Angika: “अंकोरवाट मंदिर”
  • Arabic: “أنغكور وات”
  • Arabic: “أنكور وات”
  • Arabic: “انجكور وات”
  • Arabic: “معبد أنغكور وات”
  • Aragonese: “Angkor Wat”
  • Armenian: “Անգկոր Վատ”
  • Assamese: “এংকৰ ৱাট”
  • Asturian: “Angkor Wat”
  • Awadhi: “अंकोरवाट मंदिर”
  • Azerbaijani: “Anqkor Vat”
  • Balinese: “Angkor Wat”
  • Bashkir: “Ангкор-Ват”
  • Basque: “Angkor Wat”
  • Belarusian: “Ангкор-Ват”
  • Bengali: “আংকর ওয়াট”
  • Bengali: “আংকর বাট”
  • Bengali: “আংকোর ভাট”
  • Bhojpuri: “अंकोर वाट”
  • Bosnian: “Angkor Vat”
  • Breton: “Angkor Wat”
  • Bulgarian: “Ангкор Ват”
  • Burmese: “အန်ကော၀ပ်”
  • Burmese: “အန်ကောဝပ်”
  • Burmese: “အန်ကောဝပ်ကျောင်းတော်ကြီး”
  • Catalan: “Angkor Vat”
  • Catalan: “Angkor Wat”
  • Central Bikol: “Angkor Wat”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەنگکۆر وات”
  • Chechen: “Ангкор-Ват”
  • Chinese: “Angkor Wat”
  • Chinese: “吳哥窟”
  • Chinese: “吴哥寺”
  • Chinese: “吴哥窟”
  • Chinese: “小吳哥”
  • Chinese: “耶苏达赖城”
  • Cornish: “Angkor Wat”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Angkor Vat”
  • Croatian: “Angkor Wat”
  • Czech: “Angkor Vat”
  • Czech: “Angkor wat”
  • Czech: “Ankor Vat”
  • Czech: “Ankor Wat”
  • Danish: “Angkor Vat”
  • Danish: “Angkor Wat”
  • Danish: “Angkor-Wat”
  • Dotyali: “अंकोरवाट”
  • Dutch: “Angkor Wat”
  • Eastern Mari: “Ангкор Ват”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “انجكور وات”
  • Esperanto: “Angkor Ŭat”
  • Esperanto: “Angkor Vat”
  • Esperanto: “Angkor Wat”
  • Estonian: “Angkor Vat”
  • Estonian: “Angkor Wat”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Angkor Wat”
  • Finnish: “Angkor Wat”
  • French: “Angkor Vat”
  • French: “Angkor Wat”
  • Galician: “Angkor Wat”
  • Georgian: “ანგკორ-ვატი”
  • German: “Angkor Vat”
  • German: “Angkor Wat”
  • German: “Ankorwat”
  • Gorontalo: “Angkor Wat”
  • Greek: “Άνγκορ Βατ”
  • Guarani: “Angkor Vat”
  • Guarani: “Angkor Wat”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Angkor Vat”
  • Gujarati: “અંગકોર વાટ”
  • Hebrew: “אנגקור ואט”
  • Hindi: “अंकोरवाट मंदिर”
  • Hindi: “अंकोरवाट”
  • Hindi: “अंगकोर वाट”
  • Hindi: “अंगकोरवाट”
  • Hindi: “नगर वत्त”
  • Hungarian: “Angkor-Vat”
  • Hungarian: “Angkor-Wat”
  • Hungarian: “Angkorvat”
  • Icelandic: “Angkor Wat”
  • Ido: “Angkor Wat”
  • Iloko: “Angkor Wat”
  • Indonesian: “Angkor Wat”
  • Indonesian: “Candi angkor wat”
  • Indonesian: “Prasat Angkor Wat”
  • Indonesian: “Preah Pisnulok”
  • Indonesian: “Vishnuloka”
  • Interlingua: “Angkor Wat”
  • Interlingue: “Angkor Wat”
  • Italian: “Angkor Vat”
  • Italian: “Angkor Wat”
  • Japanese: “アンコール・ワット”
  • Japanese: “アンコールワット”
  • Javanese: “Angkor Wat”
  • Kabyle: “Angkur Vat”
  • Kannada: “ಆಂಕೋರ್ ವಾಟ್”
  • Kannada: “ಆಂಗ್‌ಕರ್ ವಾಟ್”
  • Kannada: “ನಗರ ವತ್ತ”
  • Kazakh: “Ангкор-Ват”
  • Khmer: “Angkor Wat”
  • Khmer: “ប្រាសាទ អង្គរវត្ត”
  • Khmer: “ប្រាសាទនគរវត្ដ”
  • Khmer: “ប្រាសាទនគរវត្ត”
  • Khmer: “ប្រាសាទអង្គរវត្ត”
  • Khmer: “ប្រាសាទ​អង្គរវត្ត”
  • Khmer: “អង្គរវត្ត”
  • Korean: “앙코르 사원”
  • Korean: “앙코르 와트”
  • Korean: “앙코르 왓”
  • Korean: “앙코르와트”
  • Korean: “앙코르왓”
  • Lao: “ຊຽງວັດ”
  • Lao: “ອັງກໍວັດ”
  • Latin: “Angkor Wat”
  • Latvian: “Anghorvata”
  • Latvian: “Angkorvats”
  • Latvian: “Ankorvats”
  • Literary Chinese: “吳哥窟”
  • Lithuanian: “Angkor Vatas”
  • Lithuanian: “Ankor Vatas”
  • Low German: “Angkor Wat”
  • Luxembourgish: “Angkor Wat”
  • Macedonian: “Ангкор Ват”
  • Maithili: “अंकोरवाट”
  • Malay: “Angkor Wat”
  • Malayalam: “Angkor Wat”
  • Malayalam: “Ankor Wat Temple”
  • Malayalam: “അങ്കോർ വാട്ട്”
  • Malayalam: “അങ്കോർ‌വാത്”
  • Malayalam: “അങ്കോർവാറ്റ് ക്ഷേത്രം”
  • Maltese: “Angkor Wat”
  • Maltese: “Angkor”
  • Manipuri: “ꯑꯟꯀꯣꯔ ꯋꯥꯠ”
  • Marathi: “आंकोर वाट”
  • Marathi: “आंग्कोर वाट”
  • Mazanderani: “انگکور وات”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Angkor Wat”
  • Minangkabau: “Angkor Wat”
  • Mingrelian: “ანგკორ-ვატი”
  • Mongolian: “Ангкор Ват”
  • Nepali: “अंकोरवाट”
  • Nepali: “अङ्कोरवाट”
  • Newari: “अंकोरवाट”
  • Northern Frisian: “Angkor Wat”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Angkor Vat”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Angkor Wat”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Angkor Vat”
  • Norwegian: “Angkor Vat”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Angkor Vat”
  • Oriya: “ଅଂକୋର୍ ୱାଟ୍”
  • Oriya: “ଅଙ୍କୁର ବଟ”
  • Oriya: “ଅଙ୍କୁର ଵଟ”
  • Oriya: “ଅଙ୍କୁରବଟ”
  • Oriya: “ଅଙ୍କୁରଵଟ”
  • Pampanga: “Ankor Wat”
  • Panjabi: “ਅੰਕੋਰਵਾਟ”
  • Panjabi: “ਅੰਗਕੋਰ ਵਾਤ”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Angkor Wat”
  • Persian: “آنگکور وات”
  • Persian: “آنگکوروات”
  • Persian: “انگکور وات”
  • Persian: “انگکوروات”
  • Polish: “Angkor Wat”
  • Portuguese: “Angkor Vat”
  • Portuguese: “Angkor Wat”
  • Quechua: “Angkor Wat”
  • Quechua: “Ankor Wat”
  • Romanian: “Angkor Wat”
  • Russian: “Ангкор Ват”
  • Russian: “Ангкор-Ват”
  • Russian: “Ангкорвоат”
  • Samogitian: “Ankor Vats”
  • Sanskrit: “अंगकोर वाट”
  • Sanskrit: “अंगकोरवाटम्”
  • Sanskrit: “अङ्गकोरवाटम्”
  • Santali: “ᱚᱝᱠᱚᱨ ᱣᱟᱴ”
  • Scots: “Angkor Wat”
  • Serbian: “Ангкор Ват”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Angkor Vat”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Angkor Wat”
  • Sindhi: “انگڪور واٽ”
  • Slovak: “Angkor Vat”
  • Slovak: “Angkór Vat”
  • Slovenian: “Angkor Vat”
  • Slovenian: “Angkor Wat”
  • Spanish: “Angkor Vat”
  • Spanish: “Angkor Wat”
  • Swahili: “Angkor Wat”
  • Swedish: “Angkor Vat”
  • Swedish: “Angkor Wat”
  • Swedish: “Ankor wat”
  • Swiss German: “Angkor Wat”
  • Tagalog: “Angkor Wat”
  • Tamil: “அங்குர் வாட்”
  • Tamil: “அங்கூர் வாட்”
  • Tamil: “அங்கோர் வாட்”
  • Tamil: “அங்கோர்வாட் கோவில்”
  • Tatar: “Angkor Wat”
  • Telugu: “అంగ్ కోర్ వాట్”
  • Telugu: “ఆంగ్‌కార్ వాట్”
  • Telugu: “ఆంగ్‌కోర్ వాట్”
  • Telugu: “టెంపుల్ సిటీ”
  • Telugu: “నోకొర్ వట్”
  • Telugu: “ప్రసట్ ఆంగ్కోర్ వట్”
  • Telugu: “సిటీ అఫ్ టెంపుల్”
  • Thai: “นครวัด”
  • Thai: “ปราสาทนครวัด”
  • Thai: “ปราสาทวิษณุโลก”
  • Thai: “ปราสาทหินนครวัด”
  • Thai: “พระบรมวิษณุโลก”
  • Thai: “อังกอร์”
  • Thai: “อังกอร์วัด”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Angkor Wat”
  • Turkish: “Angkor Vat”
  • Turkish: “Angkor Wat”
  • Udmurt: “Ангкор-Ват”
  • Ukrainian: “Ангкор Ват”
  • Ukrainian: “Ангкор-Ват”
  • Ukrainian: “Анґкор-Ват”
  • Urdu: “انگ کور واٹ”
  • Urdu: “انگکور وات”
  • Urdu: “انگکور واٹ”
  • Uzbek: “Angkor Vat”
  • Vietnamese: “Ăng-kor Wat”
  • Vietnamese: “Angko Vat”
  • Vietnamese: “Angkor Vat”
  • Vietnamese: “Angkor Wat”
  • Vietnamese: “Đế Thiên Đế Thích”
  • Vietnamese: “Đền Angkor Wat”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu Ðế Thiên Ðế Thích”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Angkor Vat”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Angkor Wat”
  • Welsh: “Angkor Vat”
  • Welsh: “Angkor Wat”
  • Western Panjabi: “انگکور واٹ”
  • Wu Chinese: “吴哥窟”
  • Yiddish: “אנגקאר וואט”
  • Yue Chinese: “吳哥窟”
  • “Ankor Vats”
  • “Q43473”
  • “tomo Anko Wa”
  • “अंकोर वाट”

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