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Phnom Sorsia
Phnom Sorsia is a Buddhist hill complex in Kampot Province, southern Cambodia. It contains Buddhist cultural features approached by a staircase and a complex of karst caves. One cave ''Rung Damrey Saa'' ("White Elephant's Cave") has a stalagmite resembling the head of an elephant; another has a bat colony. The gateway to the caves is marked by a pagoda, approximately from the main road. Geography The complex is located about east of Kampot (City), Kampot. It is accessed via a dirt road which veers from the National Highway 3 (Cambodia), NH33; signage refers to the site as the Phnom Sorsia Resort. Phnom Sorsia, Phnom Chhnork, Kep, Cambodia, Kep, and Preah Monivong National Park, Bokor National Park make up a popular day trip of the Kampot Province. The forest-covered hill has several limestone caves. The White Elephant Cave is so named as there are many stalagmites in the limestone formations which resemble white elephants. East of Phnom Sorsia is the "Bat Cave", with a populati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kampot Province
Kampot ( km, កំពត ) is a province in southwestern Cambodia. It borders the provinces of Koh Kong and Kampong Speu to the north, Takéo to the east, Kep and the country of Vietnam ( Kiên Giang) to the south, and Sihanoukville to the west. To its south it has a coastline of around 45 km on the Gulf of Thailand. It is rich in low arable lands and has abundant natural resources. Its capital is the city of Kampot. Kampot Province had a population of 627,884 in 2010 and consist of eight districts divided into 92 communes with a total of 477 villages. Touk Meas City is located in the province. History In the 19th century, during the French Indochina period, Kampot became a regional administrative center with the status of a state border district as a result of the delimitation of the Kingdom of Cambodia. The ''Circonscription Résidentielle de Kampot'' contained the arrondissements of Kampot, Kompong-Som, Trang and Kong-Pisey. In 1889, French colonial census report ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |