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Tuol Sleng torture center

former Security Prison 21, or S-21, under the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia
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Tuol Sleng torture center

Summary

Tuol Sleng torture center is a museum[1]. It ranks in the top 0.2% of museum entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (971 views/month, #7 of 3,430).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tuol Sleng torture center received the Jikji Memory of the World Prize[3].
  • Tuol Sleng torture center was a member of International Coalition of Sites of Conscience[4].
  • Tuol Sleng torture center is located in Phnom Penh[5].
  • Tuol Sleng torture center is in the country of Cambodia[6].
  • Tuol Sleng torture center's image is recorded as Tuol Sleng.jpg[7].
  • Tuol Sleng torture center's image is recorded as TuolSlang1.jpg[8].
  • Tuol Sleng torture center's instance of is recorded as museum[9].
  • Tuol Sleng torture center's instance of is recorded as prison[10].
  • Tuol Sleng torture center's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 127124924[11].
  • Tuol Sleng torture center's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr97016811[12].
  • Tuol Sleng torture center's location is recorded as Phnom Penh[13].
  • Tuol Sleng torture center's Commons category is recorded as Tuol Sleng[14].
  • +1980-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Tuol Sleng torture center[15].
  • Tuol Sleng torture center was dissolved in +1979-00-00T00:00:00Z[16].
  • Tuol Sleng torture center's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 11.549444444444, 'lon': 104.91777777778}[17].
  • Tuol Sleng torture center's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/026462[18].
  • Tuol Sleng torture center's located on street is recorded as Phnom Penh[19].
  • Tuol Sleng torture center's official website is recorded as http://www.tuolsleng.gov.kh[20].
  • Tuol Sleng torture center's director / manager is recorded as Kang Kek Iew[21].
  • Tuol Sleng torture center's partially coincident with is recorded as Q14509108[22].
  • Tuol Sleng torture center's partially coincident with is recorded as Tuol Sleng torture center[23].
  • Tuol Sleng torture center's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Toul-Sleng-Genocidal-Museum[24].
  • Tuol Sleng torture center's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7647403[25].
  • Tuol Sleng torture center's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'km', 'text': 'ទួលស្លែង'}[26].
  • Tuol Sleng torture center's X is recorded as tuolslengmuseum[27].

Body

Founding

+1980-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Tuol Sleng torture center[15].

Leadership

Tuol Sleng torture center's director / manager is recorded as Kang Kek Iew[21].

Recognition

Tuol Sleng torture center received the Jikji Memory of the World Prize[3].

Dissolution

Tuol Sleng torture center was dissolved in +1979-00-00T00:00:00Z[16].

Why It Matters

Tuol Sleng torture center ranks in the top 0.2% of museum entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (971 views/month, #7 of 3,430).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

What awards did Tuol Sleng torture center receive?

Honors received include Jikji Memory of the World Prize[3].

Related Entities

Cambodia Kang Kek Iew

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . en.unesco.org. Retrieved . en.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . sitesofconscience.org. Retrieved . sitesofconscience.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Google Knowledge Graph. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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