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The Royal Palace of Phnom Penh, Cambodia (in Khmer ព្រះបរមរាជវាំង, called
colloquially រាជវាំង), is a complex of buildings that serves as residence to the King of Cambodia.
His full name in Khmer is Preah Barum Reachea Veang Chaktomuk (ព្រះ បរម រាជវាំង ចតុមុខ). The kings of Cambodia have occupied it since its construction in 1860, with a period of absence, when the country went into crisis during and after the Khmer Rouge period.
The palace was built after King Norodom I moved the royal capital of Oudong to Phnom Penh in the mid-nineteenth century. It was built in stages on the remains of an old citadel called Banteay Kev (បន្ទាយ កែវ). It faces east and is located on the western bank of the Tonle Sap and Mekong, at a place called Chaktokmuk (an allusion to the god Brahma), where the Mekong divides into two, forming the four arms.
