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Fun fact 2 about Preah Sihanouk

Panoramic View of Sihanoukville August 2022
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During the Nguyen-Siamese War in 1717, a Siamese fleet burned the port of Kompong Som.

Preah Sihanouk
Cambodia
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Preah Sihanouk

Cambodia

Country
Cambodia
Population
156.0K
Coordinates
10.61, 103.53
894th most populous city in the world

Sihanoukville, also known as Kampong Saom or Preah Sihanouk, is a coastal port city in Cambodia and the capital of Preah Sihanouk Province, at the tip of an elevated peninsula in the country's south-west on the Gulf of Thailand.

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