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Koh Puos or Kaoh Puos ( km, កោះពស់), ''Snake Island'' - named "Île Coudée" (Elbow Island) during the French colonial period) is a small island in the Gulf of Thailand, located about off the coast of Sihanoukville city in southern
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 Thailan ...
. It is administered by Sangkat 3 of Mittakpheap District in
Sihanoukville Province Preah Sihanouk ( km, ព្រះសីហនុ, UNGEGN: , ALA-LC: ), also Sihanoukville, is a province (''khaet'') in southwest Cambodia on the Gulf of Thailand. The provincial capital, also called Sihanoukville, is a deep water port city ...
. The island has been made accessible via a road bridge, completed in 2011 as part of a development initiative of the Russian Koh Puos Investment Group (KPIG). A long term government concession granted in 2006 was followed by large scale planning of "a high-end property project". Since, a number of project alterations and subsequent applications for permission at the Council of the Development of Cambodia have led to many delays.


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Koh Ta Kiev Koh Ta Kiev ( km, កោះតាគៀវ, “Ancestor Kiev’s Island” – named "Ile de la Baie" during the French colonial period) is the biggest of a small group of Cambodian islands situated 4 km off Otres beach, Sihanoukville City ...
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Koh Russei Koh Russei, Koh Russey or ''Bamboo Island'' (Khmer: កោះឬស្សី) is one of a group of small islands in the Gulf of Thailand, located about off the coast of Sihanoukville city in southern Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; ...
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Ream National Park The Ream National Park ( km, ឧទ្យានជាតិរាម), officially the Preah Sihanouk Ream National Park ( km, ឧទ្យានជាតិព្រះសីហនុរាម), is a national park of Cambodia located from the c ...
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List of islands of Cambodia The following is a list of Cambodia's islands, all situated in the Gulf of Thailand ( km, ឈូងសមុទ្រថៃ, ). All islands are, apart from the group of the outer islands, in relative proximity to the coast and can easily and quic ...
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Sihanoukville (city) Sihanoukville (; km, ក្រុងព្រះសីហនុ, ), also known as Kampong Som ( km, កំពង់សោម, ), is a coastal city in Cambodia and the capital of Preah Sihanouk Province, at the tip of an elevated peninsula ...


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Island Database/List of islands

Cambodia's islands up for grabs - Phnom Penh Post
{{Portal bar, Cambodia Sihanoukville (city) Populated places in Sihanoukville province Islands of Cambodia Islands of the Gulf of Thailand