Kratié (, ), also spelled Kracheh, is the

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of Kratié Province in eastern

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. It is also a ''sangkat'' within Kratié Municipality.

Geography

The small town has a population of about 38,215 and lies on the banks of the

Mekong River The Mekong or Mekong River ( , ) is a transboundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's List of rivers by length, twelfth-longest river and List of longest rivers of Asia, the third-longest in Asia with an estimated l ...

. The city is dominated by a central marketplace surrounded by old, French colonial buildings. Red flowered trees grow in rows along the riverbank. The town includes big islands with white sand beaches within the Mekong. The stretch of river north of the city is home to a group of rare

Irrawaddy dolphin The Irrawaddy dolphin (''Orcaella brevirostris'') is a euryhaline species of oceanic dolphin found in scattered subpopulations near sea coasts and in estuaries and rivers in parts of the Bay of Bengal and Southeast Asia. It closely resembles the ...

s. The dolphins are the town's main tourist attraction. A survey conducted in 2007 by Cambodian Mekong Dolphin Conservation Project (CMDCP), a collaborative project between WWF, World Conservation Society, Fisheries Administration and Cambodian Rural Development Team (CRDT), estimated that there are between 66 and 86 dolphins left in the upper Cambodian Mekong area.

Gallery

File:Budizam u Kratieu, Kambodža.jpg File:U Kratieu slikarije siječnja 2018.jpg File:Budističke slikarije, Kratie 25. siječnja 2018.jpg File:Prikaz slona u Kratieu.jpg File:Kratie, Kambodža u siječnju 2018.jpg File:Arhitektura kmerskog grada Kratiea.jpg File:Prizor iz Kratiea 26. siječnja 2018.jpg File:Kmerskom provincijom Kratie 26.1.2018.jpg File:Kambodža.jpg File:Kratie, kmerski grad na obalama Mekonga 26.1.2018.jpg

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kratie (city) Provincial capitals in Cambodia Cities in Cambodia Populated places in Kratié province Populated places on the Mekong River