Skuon () is the district capital of
Cheung Prey District, in
Kampong Cham Province,
Cambodia
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. This busy market town has grown up around the intersection of
National Highway 6 and
National Highway 7
The following highways are numbered 7. For roads numbered A7, see list of A7 roads.
Route 7, or Highway 7, may refer to:
International
* AH7, Asian Highway 7
* European route E07
* European route E007
Afghanistan
*Kunduz-Khomri Highway (A7)
...
. Skuon is around west of the provincial capital at
Kampong Cham city and north of the Cambodian capital
Phnom Penh
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.
Skuon is sometimes known in the local language as "Spiderville", it is famous with international visitors to Cambodia for its
fried spider
Fried may refer to:
*Fried (surname)
*Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, a law firm
*Fried (2002 TV series), ''Fried'' (2002 TV series), a British TV series
*Fried (2015 TV series), ''Fried'' (2015 TV series), a TV series aired on BBC Three
...
s.
References
* Freeman, Michael (2004), ''Cambodia'', Reaktion Books, . p. 31.
* Ray, Nick (2002), ''Lonely Planet Cambodia'', Lonely Planet Publications, . p. 308.
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Towns in Cambodia
Populated places in Kampong Cham province