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· City of Phnom Penh | native_name = | other_name = Panomping | nickname = Pearl of Asia (pre-1960s) The Charming City | settlement_type = Provincial Municipality | motto = | image_skyline =Phnom Penh Montage.png | image_size = 400px | image_flag = | image_seal = Seal of Phnom Penh.svg | pushpin_map = Cambodia | pushpin_label_position = left | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Cambodia | pushpin_mapsize = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = | parts_type = Subdivisions | parts_style = para | p1 = 12 districts (khans) | government_footnotes = | government_type = Municipal council | leader_title = Governor | leader_name = Pa Socheatvong | leader_party = CPP | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1372 | established_title2 = Became Capital | established_date2 = 1865 | established_title3 = | established_date3 = | unit_pref = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 678.46 | area_rank = Ranked 23rd | area_urban_km2 = | population_as_of = 2012 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 1,501,725 | population_rank = Ranked 1st | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_rank = Ranked 1st | population_demonym = Phnom Penher | timezone = Cambodia | utc_offset = +7 | latd = 11 | latm = 33 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 104 | longm = 55 | longs = | longEW = E | coordinates_type = region:KH_type:city | coordinates_display = inline,title | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 11.89 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = +855 (023) | blank_name = | blank_info = | blank1_name = | blank1_info = | website = (www.phnompenh.gov.kh/ ) | footnotes = }} Phnom Penh ( or ;〔Dictionary Reference (Phnom Penh )〕〔The Free Dictionary: (Phnom Penh )〕 (クメール語:ភ្នំពេញ), (:pʰnum peɲ), formerly romanized as Panomping) is the capital and largest city of Cambodia. Located on the banks of the Tonlé Sap and Mekong River, Phnom Penh has been the national capital since French colonization of Cambodia, and has grown to become the nation's center of economic and industrial activities, as well as the center of security, politics, cultural heritage, and diplomacy of Cambodia. Once known as the "Pearl of Asia," it was considered one of the loveliest French-built cities in Indochina〔Peace of Angkor (Phnom Penh ). Retrieved July 27, 2007.〕 in the 1920s. Phnom Penh, along with Siem Reap and Sihanoukville, are significant global and domestic tourist destinations for Cambodia. Founded in 1434, the city is noted for its beautiful and historical architecture and attractions. There are a number of surviving French colonial buildings scattered along the grand boulevards. Situated on the banks of the Tonlé Sap, Mekong and Bassac rivers, the Phnom Penh metropolitan area is home to about 2.2 million〔 of Cambodia's population of over 14.8 million, up from about 1.9 million in 2008. ==Etymology== Phnom Penh (literally, "Penh's Hill") takes its name from the present Wat Phnom ("Hill Temple"). Legend has it that in 1372, a wealthy widow named Lady Penh found a Koki tree floating down the Tonle Sap river after a storm. Inside the tree were four bronze Buddha statues and a stone statue of Vishnu. Daun Penh ordered villagers to raise the height of the hill northeast of her house and used the Koki wood to build a temple on the hill to house the four Buddha statues, and a shrine for the Vishnu image slightly lower down. The temple became known as Wat Phnom Daun Penh, which is now known as Wat Phnom, a small hill in height. Phnom Penh's official name, in its short form, is ''Krong Chaktomok'' ((クメール語:ក្រុងចតុមុខ)) meaning "City of Four Faces". ''Krong Chaktomuk'' is an abbreviation of the full name which was given by King Ponhea Yat, ''Krong Chaktomuk Mongkol Sakal Kampuchea Thipadei Sereythor Inthabot Borei Roth Reach Seima Maha Nokor'' ((クメール語:ក្រុងចតុមុខមង្គលសកលកម្ពុជាធិបតី សេរីធម៌ ឥន្រ្ទបទបុរី រដ្ឋរាជសីមាមហានគរ)). This loosely translates as "The place of four rivers that gives the happiness and success of Khmer Kingdom, the highest leader as well as impregnable city of the God Indra of the great kingdom".〔Sopheak wordpress, (). Retrieved August 23, 2009.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Phnom Penh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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