Kratié ( km, ក្រចេះ, ), also spelled Kracheh, is the
capital of
Kratié Province in eastern
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 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 trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's twelfth longest river and the third longest in Asia. Its estimated length is , and it drains an area of , discharging of water annual ...
. 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
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Provincial capitals in Cambodia
Cities in Cambodia
Populated places in Kratié province
Populated places on the Mekong River