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{{Short description|Ruined city in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia}} '''Angkor Thom''' ({{langx|km|អង្គរធំ}} {{IPA|km|ʔɑŋkɔː tʰom|}}; meaning "Great City"), alternatively '''Nokor Thom''' ({{langx|km|នគរធំ}} {{IPA|km|nɔkɔː tʰom|}}), located in present-day [[Cambodia]], was the last and most enduring capital city of the [[Khmer empire|Khmer Empire]]. It was established in the late twelfth century by King [[Jayavarman VII]].<ref name="Higham1">Higham, C., 2014, Early Mainland Southeast Asia, Bangkok: River Books Co., Ltd., {{ISBN|9786167339443}}</ref>{{rp|378–382}}<ref name="Coedes">{{cite book|last= Coedès|first= George|author-link= George Coedès|editor= Walter F. Vella|others= trans.Susan Brown Cowing|title= The Indianized States of Southeast Asia|year= 1968|publisher= University of Hawaii Press|isbn= 978-0-8248-0368-1}}</ref>{{rp|170}} It covers an area of 9 km², within which are located several monuments from earlier eras as well as those established by Jayavarman and his successors. At the centre of the city is Jayavarman's state temple, the [[Bayon]], with the other major sites clustered around the Victory Square immediately to the north. The site is one of the major tourist attractions of Southeast Asia.
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