Siem Reap

Siem Reap is located in northwest Cambodia and is a major tourist hub, as it is the closest city to the world famous temples of Angkor.  Tonle Sap Lake, the greatest sweet water reserve in the whole of South East Asia, is located in the South of the province. The name of the city literally means "Siamese defeated", referring to the victory of the Khmer Empire over the army of the Thai kingdom in the 17th century.