Phnom Tbeng Meanchey

Tbeng Meanchey ត្បែងមានជ័យ
—  Town  —
View of Koh Ker Temple 40 km west of Tbeng Meanchay
Tbeng Meanchey Location of Tbeng Meanchey, Cambodia
Coordinates: 13°49′N 104°58′E
Country	Cambodia
Province	Preah Vihear
District	Tbaeng Meanchey District
Government
• Type	City municipality
Population (2009)
• Total	24,400
Time zone	Cambodia (UTC+7)
Area code(s)	855 (064)

Tbeng Meanchey (or Tbaeng Meanchey) is a town, and capital of Preah Vihear Province in northern Cambodia. Phnom Tbeng Meanchay (or Phnom Tbeng Meanchey) is the mountain rising to 600 m 5 km south-west of Tbeng Meanchay town.

Sites

• Koh Ker Home to almost 30 ancient structures, including Prasat Thom, an immense seven-tier pyramid, Koh Ker was briefly the capital of the Khmer Empire under king Jayavarman IV (928–42).

• Prasat Bakan or Preah Khan Kompong Svay complex: 105 kilometres southwest of the provincial town, built under the reign of King Suryavarman I (1002–1050)

• Noreay Temples, five 7th century temples made of Sandstone, laterite and brick, 32 kilometres northeast of the town. Built in the 7th century.

• Phnom Pralean temple: a temple built to worship Brahmanism, on top of a 180 metres hill

• Neak Buos temple 75 kilometres north of Tbaeng Meanchey

• Krapum Chhouk temple: built in the 10th century in laterite and stone, 45 kilometres south of Tbaeng Meanchey

• Kork Beng temple: a ruined laterite and sandstone temple built between 936 and 951 by a commander named Kork on the order of King Jayavarman IV.

• Wat Peung Preah Ko: a place of worship in beautiful natural surroundings believed to possess strong supernatural powers