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Angkor Vacation Guide

Derived from the Sanskrit word "nagara", meaning "city", Angkor was a celebrated region of the Khmer empire from the 9th to the 15th century A.D. Under the then self declared "god-king" Jayavarman II in 802A.D., the Khmer capital flourished and grew, with the empire handed down to greater kings who produced some of the most magnificent religious architectures ever built.

Being the largest pre-industrial complex of it's type with over a thousand monuments sprawling across from the north of Tonle Sap to the south of the Kulen Hills, this rough spread of 1,150 square miles (around the size of modern Los Angeles) consists of some of the most significant archeological sites, including:

Angkor Thom, Angkor Wat, Baksei Chamkrong, Banteay Kdei, Banteay Samré, Banteay Srei, Baphuon, the Bayon, Chau Say Tevoda, East Baray, East Mebon, Kbal Spean, the Khleangs, Krol Ko, Lolei, Neak Pean, Phimeanakas, Phnom Bakheng, Phnom Krom, Prasat Ak Yum, Prasat Kravan, Preah Khan, Preah Ko, Preah Palilay, Preah Pithu, Pre Rup, Spean Thma, Srah Srang, Ta Nei, Ta Prohm, Ta Som, Ta Keo, Terrace of the Elephants, Terrace of the Leper King, Thommanon, West Baray, West Mebon.

On the December of 1992, the World Heritage Committee decided to include Angkor in the World Heritage List. It was declared an endangered zone shortly after to further preserve the delicate cultural monuments. This has since been lifted in 2004, 12 years after it's inclusion in the World heritage List.