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Siem Reap (Khmer: សៀមរាប, Siĕm Réab [siəm riəp]) is the second-largest city of Cambodia, as well as the capital and largest city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia. Siem Reap has French-colonial and Chinese-style architecture in the Old French Quarter and around the Old Market.
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Siam Nakhon (Thai: สยาม นคร), later known as Siam Marat, was the name of a former Thai province in the Angkor area. It was a changwat (province) of Siam, but was ceded to French Indochina following the Franco–Siam Treaty of 1906. Its Khmer name was Siem Reap, which meant "defeat Siam". [1]
The communes of Cambodia (ឃុំ khum/ សង្កាត់ sangkat) are the third-level administrative divisions in Cambodia.They are the subdivisions of the districts and municipalities of Cambodia.
Siem Reap province is the tenth largest province in Cambodia. Having reached a population of one million in 2019, it ranks as the nation's fourth most populous province. [2] A large portion of Siem Reap province's southern border is demarcated by the Tonle Sap and as such, it is one of the nine provinces that making up the Tonle Sap Biosphere ...
However, the population in Phnom Penh and other major urban centers, such as Siem Reap, Battambang, and Sihanoukville will be underestimated; while the population in smaller provincial municipalities, particularly those on the border with Thailand, Laos and Vietnam, will be overestimated.
According to Siem Reap's provincial information department, the villa was constructed in 1904. [3] During the French protectorate period, it became an important site for former King Norodom Sihanouk, who was said to have used the residence to plan and launch his bid for Cambodia's independence from France in the 1950s. [4] [5] [6]