Local time
Sun, 9:00 AM GMT+7Asia/Phnom_PenhCityCapital
Phnom Penh
11.55° N, 104.91° E
- Population
- 1,466,000
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 9
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 9 cities of Cambodia in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Cambodia, so this is not a national ranking.
- Time zone
- Asia/Phnom_Penh
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Practical bearings for Phnom Penh, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Phnom Penh have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name means "mountain of plenty," combining the Cambodian words "phnom," meaning mountain or hill, and "penh," meaning full.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person