How Big is Angkor Wat?
Angkor Wat is about 1 square kilometer in size. This is not counting the square river canal that surrounds it on all sides. The outer wall of Angkor Wat is 1024 meters by 802 meters and is 4 ½ meters tall. It is completely nestled in 30 meters of land and a 190 meter wide moat. Within the outer wall is an enclosure 820,000 square meters in size. This is equivalent to more than 200 acres of land. Originally this was part of the city and also the monarch’s official residence in the northern part. Angkor Wat has two entrances, one in the east and one in the west. The eastern entrance is a bank, the western entrance is a causeway made of sandstone. The latter was added later, and may have replaced an original bridge made of wood. Unlike most other temples of this kind, Angkor Wat faces west, not east; the western front is the main entrance. The Angkor Wat complex stands on a raised field above the rest of the city. It is made up of a threesome of galleries, each one higher than the last on
