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Choeung Ek Killing Fields
The most well-known of the Khmer Rouge execution sites, now a memorial with a glass stupa filled with thousands of skulls.
2 km · about 5 min drive
Phnom Penh, Cambodia · Asia
Spean Thma is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Sak Sampov, 2km from Choeung Ek Killing Fields.
Spean Thma is a town located in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. With a population of 3,649, it is an important destination in Asia.
On a road trip, Spean Thma sits in Cambodia. It's in the Asia/Phnom Penh time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Spean Thma to your route.
The Killing Fields (Khmer: វាលពិឃាត, Khmer pronunciation: [ʋiəl pikʰiət]) are a network of sites in Cambodia where large numbers of people were executed and buried by the Khmer Rouge regime during the period of Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 to 1979. The killings formed part of the Cambodian genocide, in which anRead more
estimated 1.7 to 2.2 million people died through execution, forced labour, starvation, and disease under the rule of the Communist Party of Kampuchea led by Pol Pot.
The term "killing fields" was popularised by Cambodian journalist Dith Pran, who survived the Khmer Rouge regime and later used the phrase to describe the mass execution sites scattered throughout the country. The phrase subsequently became internationally known through the 1984 film The Killing Fields.
More than 20,000 mass grave sites have been identified across Cambodia. Many victims were former officials of the Khmer Republic, members of the armed forces, intellectuals, professionals, teachers, religious figures, and civilians accused of political disloyalty or association with foreign governments. Ethnic and religious minorities, including ethnic Vietnamese, Chinese Cambodians, Cham Muslims, ethnic Thais, Christians, and Buddhist monks, were also systematically targeted.
Sociologist Martin Shaw described the Cambodian genocide as "the purest genocide of the Cold War era". The genocide ended in January 1979 when Vietnam invaded Cambodia during the Cambodian–Vietnamese War and overthrew the Khmer Rouge government.
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Spean Thma is located in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Asia. The coordinates are 11.4670 latitude, 104.8914 longitude.
Spean Thma has a population of approximately 3,649 people, making it a town in Cambodia.
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The most well-known of the Khmer Rouge execution sites, now a memorial with a glass stupa filled with thousands of skulls.
2 km · about 5 min drive
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A former high school turned Khmer Rouge interrogation center, now a museum documenting Cambodia's tragic genocide.
10 km · about 20 min drive
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The opulent royal residence of the King of Cambodia, featuring the Silver Pagoda with its floor of 5,000 silver tiles.
12 km · about 20 min drive
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