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The West Baray is a baray, or reservoir, at Angkor, Cambodia, oriented east-west and located just west of the walled city Angkor Thom. Rectangular in shape and measuring approximately about five by one and a half miles, the West Baray is the largest baray at Angkor. Its waters are contained by tall earthen dikes. Construction probably began in the 11th Century during the reign of King Suryavarman I and was finished later by King Udayadityavarman II. Its eastern dike may have incorporated an earlier dike that enclosed the capital city that had the Phnom Bakheng temple at its center.