Choeung Ek Genocidal Center

Choeung Ek is a site in Dangkao on the outskirts of , capital of , that was used as a Killing Field between 1977 and 1979 by the Khmer Rouge to perpetrate the Cambodian genocide.
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  • Type: Battlefield
  • Description: Mass grave of the victims of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia
  • Also known as: “Choeung Ek”, “Killing Fields”, “Чоенг Эк”, “Чоэнг-Эк”, and “មជ្ឈមណ្ឌល ប្រល័យពូជសាសន៍ ជើងឯក”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Koh Pich and Phnom Penh.

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 Tonlé Sap rivers meet and the Bassac River branches off; it forms part of and faces Koh Norea across the river. is situated 8 km northeast of Choeung Ek Genocidal Center.

Photo: gusjer, CC BY 2.0.
, at the confluence of the Mekong and the Tonle Sap Rivers, is the capital of and its largest city. Having been liberated in the late 1970s from Khmer Rouge oppression, the city has exploded in activity in the 21st century and now a thumping little metropolis, small at heart but big in vibe.

Choeung Ek Genocidal Center

Latitude
11.48421° or 11° 29′ 3″ north
Longitude
104.90225° or 104° 54′ 8″ east
Open location code
7P36FWM2+MV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 182972997
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­battlefield
Wiki­data ID
Q1075734
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Choeung Ek Genocidal Center” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “琼邑克”
  • Croatian: “Choeung Ek”
  • Dutch: “Choeung Ek”
  • Esperanto: “Choeung Ek”
  • Finnish: “Choeung Ek”
  • French: “Choeung Ek”
  • Galician: “Choeung Ek”
  • German: “Choeung Ek Völkermord-Gedenkzentrum”
  • German: “Choeung Ek”
  • Hebrew: “צ’ואנג אק”
  • Hebrew: “צ’ונג אק”
  • Hungarian: “Csoeng Ek”
  • Indonesian: “Choeung Ek”
  • Italian: “Choeung Ek”
  • Japanese: “チュンエク”
  • Maltese: “Choeung Ek”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Choeung Ek”
  • Norwegian: “Choeung Ek”
  • Persian: “چوئونگ اک”
  • Polish: “Choeung Ek”
  • Russian: “Тьэнгъаек”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Choeung Ek”
  • Slovenian: “Čoeung Ek”
  • Spanish: “Memorial Choeung Ek”
  • Swedish: “Choeung Ek”
  • Thai: “เจิงเอก”
  • Turkish: “Choeung Ek”
  • Vietnamese: “Choeung Ek”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Mass Grave and Mass Grave.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: The killing tool storage room and Killing Tree.

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Worth a closer look: Phnom Penh and Siem Reap.

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