Phnom Penh

Cambodia

Phnom Penh is the capital and most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since 1865 and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its political, economic, industrial, and cultural centre. The city's name derives from Wat Phnom, a Buddhist temple, and Lady Penh, the city's founder. It sits at the confluence of the Tonlé Sap and Mekong rivers, and is the start of the Bassac River.

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Country: Cambodia
Population: 1,466,000
Latitude: 11.55° N
Longitude: 104.91° E

Which way is Phnom Penh from…

From Paris, Phnom Penh lies at 73° to the east, 9,940 km as the crow flies.

Paris	73° east	9,940 km
London	71° east	10,017 km
New York	1° north	14,202 km
Madrid	69° east	10,699 km
Rome	80° east	9,350 km
Montreal	2° north	13,669 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	61° north-east	6,497 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

From New York, Phnom Penh is due north, at 1°, whereas a flat map would say 100°, east: the shortest route passes very close to the North Pole. From London, the map misleads too: 115°, south-east, against 71°, east, on the compass. And if you went straight through the Earth from Phnom Penh, you would come out 221 km from Lima.