Wat Botum

Wat Botum, the official name is Wat Botum Vatey Reachavararam literally means "The temple of lotus which was built by the king", is a wat located on , .
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Photo: Dmottl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • Denomination: Theravada
  • Description: 15th-century pagoda and Buddhist temple in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Royal Palace and Cambodia–Vietnam Friendship Monument.

Photo: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, CC BY 2.0.
The of Cambodia is a complex of buildings which serves as the official royal residence of the King of Cambodia. Its full name in Khmer is the Preah Barom Reacheaveang Chaktomuk Serey Mongkol. is situated 450 metres north of Wat Botum.

Photo: Halavar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The in , capital of , is a large concrete monument commemorating the former alliance between and Cambodia. is situated 220 metres east of Wat Botum.

The in , capital of , was built in 1958 to memorialise Cambodia's independence from France in 1953. It stands on a roundabout in the intersection of Norodom Boulevard and Sihanouk Boulevard in the centre of the city. is situated 450 metres southwest of Wat Botum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Koh Pich.

Suburb
Photo: Io Herodotus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a 100-hectare island and a mixed-use estate and central business district in , . It lies in the near Chaktomuk, where the and rivers meet and the Bassac River branches off; it forms part of and faces Koh Norea across the river.

Wat Botum

Latitude
11.55943° or 11° 33′ 34″ north
Longitude
104.93094° or 104° 55′ 51″ east
Open location code
7P36HW5J+Q9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 172602672
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­theravada
Wiki­data ID
Q7972919
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Wat Botum” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “波東寺”
  • French: “Wat Botum”
  • German: “Wat Botum”
  • Khmer: “វត្តបទុមវតី”
  • Khmer: “វត្តបទុមវត្តី”
  • Khmer: “វត្តបុទម”
  • Thai: “วัดปทุมวดีราชวราราม”
  • Vietnamese: “Chùa Botum”

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