What the records say
- When
- Nov 1953 – Jun 1962
- Kind
- Territorial claim
- Coordinates
- 14.39° N, 104.68° E
- Region
- 5
- Claim resolution
- 12
- Claim violence
- 0
- Significance
- 5
- Significance index
- 2
- Significance state1
- 3
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Preah Vihear
Ancient Buddhist temple in Cambodia
Preah Vihear is an ancient edifice built by the Khmer Empire as a Hindu temple on top of a 525-metre (1,722 ft) cliff in the Dângrêk Mountains, in Cambodia. Over time, it became a Buddhist temple.
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The source
- ICOW Territorial Claims 1816–2001Issue Correlates of WarCorrelates of War: free use with citation
Nearby in time and place
- France → Cambodia (unknown)1953 · Territorial change
- Siege of Đắk Đoa1954 · Siege
- Battle of Mang Yang Pass24 Jun 1954 · Battle
- Operation Passage to Freedom1954 · Military operation
- massacre de Binh Thanh (1954)12 Nov 1954 · Massacre · Deaths 34
- Vietnam War1 Nov 1955 · Civil war · Deaths 3,000,000
- Hoang Dieu Campaign1955 · Battle
- Battle of Saigon28 Apr 1955 · Battle