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Ang Chan I

d. 1566 · 16th century

Ang Chan I was a king of Cambodia in the 16th century, in the period after the abandonment of Angkor. He fought off Siamese invasions and moved the royal capital to Longvek, near the Tonlé Sap river, which remained the centre of the kingdom until its capture by Siam in 1594.

Ang Chan I
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Post-Angkorian Cambodia

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ang Chan I. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ang-chan-i
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