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暹粒省 北岸
　　Siem Reap in northwestern Cambodia, north shore of Lake Tonle Sap. From the Thai border town of Siem Reap, Poipet (Boipet) about 160 km. Siem Reap Province, an area of 10,299 square kilometers and a population of about 70 million. Siem Reap is the capital of the province of Siem Reap, the suburbs are world-famous Angkor Wat.
　　Siem Reap (Siem Reap) the name of the Cambodian language means "Siam defeated" because this was once the capital of the Khmer country, since the thirteenth century, many here have experienced the invasion of Siam, which in the seventeenth century a Khmer army in this war which won a decisive victory, the Khmer king of this land so named for this.
　　However, in 1431, the Siamese army siege of the city for up to seven months, the last Khmer Rouge had to move the capital to Phnom Penh today. And later moved to the more southerly Lovek and Oudong, under the rule in Thailand, the region was renamed to "Siam Nakhon" (Siam Nakhon), until 1906, this part of Siam and French Indochina Land Cut. That year the city's name has returned to Siem Reap.
　　Administrative Region
　　Siem Reap save in 12 administrative regions:
　　Angkor Chum អង្គរ ជុំ
　　Angkor Thum អង្គរធំ
　　Banteay srei បន្ទាយស្រី
　　Chi Kraeng ជី ក្រែង
　　Kralanh ក្រ លាញ់
　　Puok ពួក
　　Prasat Bakong ប្រាសាទ បា គង
　　Siem Reap សៀមរាប
　　Soutr Nikom សូត្រ និគម
　　Srei Snam ស្រី ស្នាម
　　Svay Leu ស្វាយ លើ
　　Varin សស សស សស
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  1. n.:  Siem Reap
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