Twenty minutes that explain the city’s name
Wat Phnom is the temple on the small wooded hill that gives Phnom Penh its name - literally the hill of Penh, after the woman the founding legend credits with discovering Buddha figures in the river here in the late 14th century. It is a working shrine, busy with people making offerings, and the highest point in the city centre.
September 2026
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