Old city of Cambodia, established in 1431 when Ancient Capital of Angkor was abandoned. According to a legend, Phnom Penh was erected at the confluence of Mekong and Tonle Sap River by Madam Don Penh who was a noble woman. She had found a flooded tree’s trunk which floated from Mekong River at her River bank. A hill was built up for installing the 4 Buddha statues which were found on the trunk. The temple which sheltered the statues on the top of the hill was called Wat Phnom Don Penh. Later on it was shortened and called Phnom Penh as Wat Phnom Don Penh was found to be too long. It is presently used as an official name for the capital of the kingdom of Cambodia....

Siem Reap is a very popular tourist destination in Cambodia.  As the gateway to the famous Ankgor temples in the region the city is the best place to stop for supplies and to soak up a bit in local culture before heading off into the lush countryside of Cambodia. .....

Siem Reap is a province of Cambodia and it is kocated in the North Western side of the country. Siem refers to Siam, and Reap means ‘defeat’, thus Siem Reap means ‘Siam Defeat’. The name is called after the Siam was defeated by Khmer army during the war in 16th century. Long time after the event the name Siam became Siem, so that today they call this province ‘Siem Reap’......

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