Culture and heritage

Wats and temples

Khmer Buddhist Wats (វត្ត, wat) in the diaspora and in Cambodia. Each Wat record gives its community, observances and address.

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A Khmer temple hall with a tall red base, a double red stair, cream walls and a red and gold tiered roof
Illustration of Watt Munisotaram in Hampton, Minnesota.

Wats and temples lists Khmer Buddhist Wats in the diaspora and in Cambodia. The Ministry of Religion and Cults counts 5,146 Wats in Cambodia.[1][2] That is about one Wat for every 3,000 of the 15,552,211 people counted in the 2019 census.[3] No count of Khmer Wats dated 2020 or later has been published for France, Australia, Canada or New Zealand. In the United States, a directory of Khmer Wats lists 151,[4] about one for every 2,400 of the 360,000 people who identified as Cambodian in 2023.[5]


Map of the world marking 1033 Khmer Wats, with a ring on Cambodia for its Wats not yet listed Map of the world marking 1033 Khmer Wats, with a ring on Cambodia for its Wats not yet listed
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Cambodia has 5,146 Wats (Cambodianess, December 2024); the gold ring marks about 4,600 not yet cataloged on KhmerConnection.

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  1. ↑ Cambodianess, Cambodia Has 5,146 Pagodas with over 70,000 Monks (December 5, 2024)
  2. ↑ Agence Kampuchea Presse, PM Calls Buddhist Monks to Continue Contributing to Human Capital Development (March 14, 2025)
  3. ↑ National Institute of Statistics, General Population Census of the Kingdom of Cambodia 2019: Final Results (undated)
  4. ↑ Bhikkhu Pat Sophal, 2026 Directory of Wat Khmer or Cambodian Buddhist Temple in the USA (August 6, 2026)
  5. ↑ Pew Research Center, Facts about Cambodians in the U.S. (May 1, 2025)

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