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Sampov Meas District
Pursat municipality ( km, ក្រុងពោធិ៍សាត់) is a municipality in Pursat province, Cambodia. The provincial capital Pursat is located within the municipality. The municipality was formerly known as Sampov Meas district ( km, ស្រុកសំពៅមាស). Location Pursat is located in the center of the most populated part of the province. The district is completely surrounded by other districts and is the only district in Pursat that shares no border with another province. North of Pursat lies Kandieng district, while Bakan forms the northeastern and eastern borders. Phnum Kravanh is to the south and Krakor forms the western boundary along National Highway Number Five. This is the smallest district in Pursat province by land area and has the highest population density. The Pursat River, which begins in the Northern Cardamoms, flows through the center of the district at Pursat town on its way to the Tonle Sap. There are small parks alongsid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Districts In Cambodia
This is a list of Cambodia's 162 districts ( ''srok''), 27 district-level municipalities ( ''krong'') and 14 sections ( ''khan'') organized by each province and an autonomous municipality (Phnom Penh). Each has a code in parentheses displaying the first two digits as the province and the last two representing that province. Banteay Meanchey # Mongkol Borei (01-02) # Phnom Srok (01-03) # Preah Netr Preah (01-04) # Ou Chrov (01-05) # Serei Saophoan municipality (01-06) # Thma Puok (01-07) # Svay Chek (01-08) # Malai (01-09) # Poipet municipality (01-10) Battambang # Banan (02-01) # Thma Koul (02-02) # Battambang municipality (02-03) # Bavel (02-04) # Ek Phnom (02-05) # Moung Ruessei (02-06) # Rotanak Mondol (02-07) # Sangkae (02-08) # Samlout (02-09) # Sampov Loun (02-10) # Phnum Proek (02-11) # Kamrieng (02-12) # Koas Krala (02-13) # Rukhak Kiri (02-14) Kampong Cham # Batheay (03-01) # Chamkar Leu (03-02) # Cheung Prey (03-03) # Kampong Cham municipality (0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakan (district)
Bakan ( km, ស្រុកបាកាន) is a district in Pursat province, Cambodia. The district capital is at Trapeang Chong located on National Highway 5 around 15 kilometres north of the provincial capital at Pursat town. According to the 1998 Census, Bakan is made up of 10 communes and 156 villages. The population of the district was 121,229 persons in 22,494 households at the time of the census. Bakan is the most populous district in Pursat province. Location Bakan shares a border with Battambang province to the north and the district of Veal Veang to the west. To the south of Bakan are Phnum Kravanh and Sampov Meas districts. Bakan shares its eastern border with Kandieng district. To the northeast Bakan encompasses a portion of the Tonle Sap lake. Three villages in this part of the district are Tonle Sap floating villages. Their location moves depending on the water level in the lake. Administration The following table shows the villages of Bakan district b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangkat
Administrative divisions of Cambodia have several levels. Cambodia is divided into 24 provinces (''Khaet''; km, ខេត្ត, ) and the special administrative unit Phnom Penh. Though a different administrative unit, Phnom Penh is at province level, so ''de facto'' Cambodia has 25 provinces and municipalities. Each province is divided into districts (''Srok''/''Khan''; , /) - there are 159 districts throughout the country’s provinces, and 12 are in Phnom Penh. Each province has one capital district (changed to " city/town", ''krong''; , ), e.g. for Siem Reap, it's ''Srok Siem Reap''. The exceptions are the provinces of Banteay Meanchey, Kandal, Mondulkiri, Oddar Meanchey, Preah Vihear and Ratanakiri, where the province and the capital district does not match. A district of a province, which is called ''Srok'' (, ), is divided into "communes" (''khum''; , ). A commune is further divided into "villages" (, ). In Phnom Penh the districts are called ''khan'' (, ), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardamoms
The Cardamom Mountains ( km, ជួរភ្នំក្រវាញ, ; th, ทิวเขาบรรทัด, ), or the Krâvanh Mountains, is a mountain range in the south west of Cambodia and Eastern Thailand. The majority of the range is within Cambodia. The silhouette of the Cardamom Mountains appears in the provincial seal of Trat Province in Thailand. Location and description The mountain range extends along a southeast-northwest axis from Chanthaburi Province in Thailand, and Koh Kong Province in Cambodia on the Gulf of Thailand, to the Veal Veang District in Pursat Province, and extends to the southeast by the Dâmrei (Elephant) Mountains. The Thai part of the range comprise heavily eroded and dispersed mountain fragments of which the Khao Sa Bap, Khao Soi Dao and Chamao-Wong Mountains, east, north and west of Chanthaburi respectively, are the most prominent. Dense tropical rainforest prevails on the wet westward slopes which annually receive from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pursat River
The Pursat River ( km, ស្ទឹងពោធិ៍សាត់, Steung Pursat) also known as Steung Tamyong is a major river of western Cambodia, It drains about two-thirds of the chain to the Tonlé Sap. Pursat Pursat ( ; km, ពោធិ៍សាត់, ) is the capital of Pursat Province, Cambodia. Its name derived from a type of tree. It lies on the Pursat River. The city is famous as the place of mythical 16th century ''neak ta'' of Khleang Moeu ... and Tumpor lie along the river. References Rivers of Cambodia Geography of Pursat province {{Cambodia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krakor (district)
Krakor ( km, ស្រុកក្រគរ) is a district in Pursat province, Cambodia. The district capital is Krakor town located 25 kilometres east of the provincial capital, Pursat town. Location Krakor is the easternmost district of Pursat province and borders Kampong Chhnang province to the east. To the north the district encompasses a portion of the Tonle Sap lake and there are several villages on the edge of the lake. These are Tonle Sap floating villages and their location moves depending on the water level in the lake. The districts of Kandieng and Sampov Meas form the eastern border and Phnum Kravanh district lies to the south. The district capital is at Krakor town, which is located on National Highway Number 5 about 160 kilometres by road from Phnom Penh. Administration The following table shows the villages of Krakor district by commune. Characteristics According to the 1998 Census, Krakor district is made up of 11 communes and 103 villages. The popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kandieng (district)
Kandieng ( km, ស្រុកកណ្ដៀង) is a district in Pursat province, Cambodia. The district capital is at Kandieng town located about 12 km from the Provincial capital Pursat. Location Kandieng shares a border with the districts of Bakan to the west, Sampov Meas to the south and Krakor to the east. The northern part of the district encompasses a portion of the Tonle Sap lake and there is one settlement on the edge of the lake at Reang Til. This is a Tonle Sap floating village and the location moves depending on the water level in the lake. According to the 1998 Census, Kandieng district is made up of 9 communes and 113 villages. The population of the district was 53,335 in 10,148 households at the time of the last census. Administration The following table shows the villages of Kandieng district by commune. Characteristics Kandieng is home to several villages of traditional sculptors who work in marble. Buddhist statues and animal carvings are in s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pursat
Pursat ( ; km, ពោធិ៍សាត់, ) is the capital of Pursat Province, Cambodia. Its name derived from a type of tree. It lies on the Pursat River. The city is famous as the place of mythical 16th century ''neak ta'' of Khleang Moeung Ta Pech, Khleang Moeung or Sena Moeung, or ''Ghlāṃṅ Mīoeṅ'' is a mythical-historical sixteenth century military leader in Cambodia, and a guardian spirit ''neak ta'' whose field of action extends to the entire west of Tonle Sap Lake. Et .... Notes Provincial capitals in Cambodia Cities in Cambodia Populated places in Pursat province {{Cambodia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pursat (town)
Pursat ( ; km, ពោធិ៍សាត់, ) is the capital of Pursat Province, Cambodia. Its name derived from a type of tree. It lies on the Pursat River. The city is famous as the place of mythical 16th century ''neak ta'' of Khleang Moeung Ta Pech, Khleang Moeung or Sena Moeung, or ''Ghlāṃṅ Mīoeṅ'' is a mythical-historical sixteenth century military leader in Cambodia, and a guardian spirit ''neak ta'' whose field of action extends to the entire west of Tonle Sap Lake. Et .... Notes Provincial capitals in Cambodia Cities in Cambodia Populated places in Pursat province {{Cambodia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambodia
Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, Vietnam to the east, and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest. The capital and largest city is Phnom Penh. The sovereign state of Cambodia has a population of over 17 million. Buddhism is enshrined in the constitution as the official state religion, and is practised by more than 97% of the population. Cambodia's minority groups include Vietnamese, Chinese, Chams and 30 hill tribes. Cambodia has a tropical monsoon climate of two seasons, and the country is made up of a central floodplain around the Tonlé Sap lake and Mekong Delta, surrounded by mountainous regions. The capital and largest city is Phnom Penh, the political, economic and cultural centre of Cambodia. The kingdom is an elective co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
