1,206-CITY ATLASSOURCE-BACKED CITY REFERENCE
Cambodia
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01What the data says — and does not say
This page separates the checked GeoNames row for Phnom Penh—1,573,544, Asia/Phnom_Penh, and source coordinates—from live travel claims. Those fields identify and compare the record; they do not prove current transport, accessibility, census totals, or a City Atlas Club visit.
Wikidata's localized description: capital of Cambodia.
02This city's dataset fingerprint
The source row behind Phnom Penh is GeoNames ID 1821306. Its recorded administrative path is Phnom Penh → Cambodia, and GeoNames classifies the place as a capital of a political entity. Phnom Penh occurs once as a primary city label in this atlas sample; the numeric ID remains the durable source key if names change. The city row itself was updated 2025-10-19; that date belongs to the source record, not to every transport or visitor detail in the real destination.
Within the fixed 1,206-record atlas, Phnom Penh ranks 293 by recorded population. Inside the 2 selected Cambodia entries it ranks 1; inside the 632 entries in its broad region it ranks 170. Its 1,573,544 population value is 1.30 times the 1,208,738 median for the country cohort and 1.56 times the 1,008,426 regional median. Phnom Penh is rank 1 among the 2 selected Cambodia entries, so a percentage band would overstate this small cohort. Phnom Penh's recorded value is above the country-cohort median but remains below twice that benchmark. These comparisons describe this selected dataset only; they are not current census rankings or official urban-area boundaries.
Phnom Penh's three nearest other atlas coordinates are Takeo at 65.15 km with 843,931 recorded people; Cần Thơ at 194.534 km with 1,507,187 recorded people; Ho Chi Minh City at 204.206 km with 14,002,598 recorded people. The closest-to-farthest distance spread is 139.056 km. Compared with Takeo, Phnom Penh's recorded population is 1.86 times as large. Against Phnom Penh, Takeo follows Krong Doun Kaev → Takeo → Cambodia in the source. Its point has lower latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the same selected Cambodia cohort, uses the shared Asia/Phnom_Penh identifier, and carries first-order administrative seat rather than capital of a political entity. Its recorded population is below Phnom Penh's. Against Phnom Penh, Cần Thơ follows Quan Ninh Kieu → Can Tho City → Vietnam in the source. Its point has lower latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the selected Vietnam cohort rather than Cambodia, uses Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh instead of Asia/Phnom_Penh, and carries first-order administrative seat rather than capital of a political entity. Its recorded population is below Phnom Penh's. Against Phnom Penh, Ho Chi Minh City follows Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) → Vietnam in the source. Its point has lower latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the selected Vietnam cohort rather than Cambodia, uses Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh instead of Asia/Phnom_Penh, and carries populated place rather than capital of a political entity. Its recorded population is above Phnom Penh's. Its nearest-neighbor distance ranks 528 of 1,206 from shortest to longest in the same snapshot. Phnom Penh's nearest-coordinate gap sits in the second quarter of atlas distances. This pattern can reveal whether other catalog references are geographically close, but it cannot establish whether a border crossing is possible or practical, or whether rail, road, fare, or journey-time connections exist. Read as one record signature, GeoNames 1821306, the coordinate pair 11.5625 / 104.9160, country rank 1 of 2, and neighbor GeoNames 1821940 at 65.15 km bind Phnom Penh to a reproducible comparison. That combined key distinguishes the row; it is not a recommendation or evidence of a physical connection.
Phnom Penh's reference point is 11.5625° north and 104.9160° east. The IANA identifier Asia/Phnom_Penh is shared by 2 city rows in this catalog, while the GeoNames class PPLC is shared by 129 rows. Phnom Penh's row carries a first-order administrative label but no second-order label. Phnom Penh's point falls in the near-equatorial coordinate band used by this atlas's row checks. Phnom Penh's time-zone field defines the narrower catalog cohort; its place class is shared more broadly. GeoNames supplies no elevation for Phnom Penh, so the profile preserves that missing value instead of guessing terrain. Together these fields form a reproducible identity check for this page, not a claim about walkability, climate or accessibility.
03Nearby atlas references
Phnom Penh's closest other entries in this atlas are Takeo (65.15 km), Cần Thơ (194.534 km), Ho Chi Minh City (204.206 km).
04Verify before you book
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GeoNames updated the row 2025-10-19; the atlas checked the dataset 2026-08-04. Available Wikidata fields were verified in the same run.
GeoNames data: CC BY 4.0. Wikidata labels and descriptions: CC0 1.0.