Koh Ker
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (iv).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Cambodia
Inscribed
2023
List reference
1667
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Koh Ker is about 85 km north-east of Siem Reap. The nearest other World Heritage site is Temple of Preah Vihear, about 75 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Phnum Tbeng Meanchey · about 24,000 peopleabout 45 km east
- Siem Reap · about 109,000 peopleabout 85 km south-west
- Pursat · about 52,000 peopleabout 150 km south-west
- Sisaket · about 45,000 peopleabout 150 km north
- Stoeng Treng · about 30,000 peopleabout 160 km east
- Battambang · about 155,000 peopleabout 160 km south-west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
CambodiaCultural73 km away
CambodiaCultural82 km away
CambodiaCultural112 km away
LaosCultural183 km away
CambodiaCultural248 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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