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Local tradition remembers Preah Khan as a university of medicine and nearby Neak Pean as an ancient hospital complex.
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Siem Reap
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Angkor entered the World Heritage List in 1992 and remained on the List of World Heritage in Danger until 2004.
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UNESCO traces Angkorian artistic influence across much of Southeast Asia.
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Angkor's urban system included basins, dykes, reservoirs, canals and communication routes—not only temples.
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For Phnom Penh–Siem Reap, road transport is usually simpler than flying once transfers to KTI and SAI are counted; the two new airports are both farther from their cities than the airports they replaced.
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Communities still live inside the Angkor landscape and continue rice cultivation around the monuments.
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The park preserves the remains of successive Khmer capitals spanning the ninth through fifteenth centuries.
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Grab and PassApp operate in Siem Reap, but SAI’s distance means an airport counter or prearranged car is more predictable than assuming a city tuk-tuk will accept the run.
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Angkor's living heritage includes ritual, music, dance and the ceremonial use of medicinal plants at temple sites.
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Textile weaving, basket making and palm-sugar production remain livelihood traditions in the Angkor area.
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Cambodia