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- Ba Phnom -
Ba Phnom was one of the first religious and cultural sites in Cambodia and may be considered a birthplace of the Cambodian nation. It was founded in the 5th century and was used as a place of pilgrimage for various kings until the 19th century. Human sacrifices were also reported to take place here until the 19th century. Ba Phnom literally means "ancestor of the hill". There is actually a mound of 139 meters.
Ba Phnom is the place where it assumes that there was a king capital Nokor Phnom. But whether or not really capital existed is here, as for those which become evidence there is no at all.
There are four mountains in Ba Phnom: Phnom Sampeou, Phnom Laang, Phnom Thom and Phnom Banhchor.
The view from the top of Ba Phnom is very picturesque. There is a big, rocky cave near the mountaintop that shelters wildlife. At the mountain's
Valley, there is a pagoda named ?Ba Phnom? surrounded mountain rank and a big pond at the East of the pagoda. Around the mountain, there are residences of the local people. Ba Phnom is located in Chheur Kach commune, Ba Phnom district, about 78 kilometers east of Phnom Penh and 45 kilometers south of Prey Veng provincial town.
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