15 important facts about Cambodia’s Angkor Wat

Angkor Wat is a magnificent architectural monument of Cambodia, which is hundreds of years old. Before the spread of COVID-19, hundreds of thousands of tourists visited the temple every year. This is why Cambodia receives a lot of income every year from buying tickets from foreign tourists. Cambodia is also known to many countries because of Angkor Wat. There is a lot of research related to this temple from national and international archaeologists. Below is general knowledge and important points about Angkor Wat.

1. Angkor Wat was declared a World Heritage Site on December 14, 1992.
2. Every March 21-22 and September 22-23, the sun rises and sets in the center of the Angkor Wat temple, dividing the night and day into equal parts (the equinox).
3. The temple used about 10 million tons of stone to build.
4. The Angkor Wat temple used about 300,000 workers and more than 6,000 elephants to build it.
5. The Angkor Wat temple covers an area of ​​about 200 hectares.
6. The height of Angkor Wat is 65 meters.
7. The top of the Angkor Wat temple has five temples and faces west.
8. The Angkor Wat temple is located north of Siem Reap, Siem Reap Province, 7 kilometers from Siem Reap city on the Komai Road or the Hall de Gaulle Road.
9. Another name for the Angkor Wat temple is Angkor Toch.
10. The unofficial name for the temple is Angkor Wat.
11. The original name of Angkor Wat was Param Vishnu Lok.
12. Angkor Wat is a temple representing the Sumeru mountain.
13. This temple was built to dedicate to Vishnu in Hinduism.
14. Angkor Wat was built by King Suryavarman II.
15. Angkor Wat was built in the early 12th century.