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Chamkar Mon District
Chamkar Mon ( km, ចំការមន, meaning 'Mulberry Farm') is the southernmost district in central Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The district has an area of 10.56 km2. As of the 2019 census, its population is 70,772. Administration Chamkar Mon was subdivided into 12 Sangkats and 95 Phums (villages). On January 8, 2019, according to sub-decree 03 អនក្រ.បក, 7 sangkats from Khan Chamkar Mon have been moved to a new khan, Khan Boeng Keng Kang. Cityscape Places of interest *Naga World *Phsar Tuol Tompoung Market (Russian Market) *Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum *Wat Tuol Tompoung Education Canadian International School of Phnom Penh maintains the main campus on Koh Pich in Chamkar Mon Section and the Bassac Garden Preschool in the Chamkar Mon Section. iCan British International School is in Tonle Bassac commune. - mentioned on list of schoolsby the U.S. State Department The United States Department of State (DOS), or State Department, is an executive departm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of 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 municipali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonle Bassac (commune)
The Bassac River ( km, ទន្លេបាសាក់; Tonlé Bassac) is a distributary of the Tonlé Sap and Mekong River. The river starts in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and flows southerly, crossing the border into Vietnam near Châu Đốc. The name Bassac comes from the Khmer prefix “pa” (father or male) added to sak (សក្តិ) (power or honor), a Khmer word borrowed from the Sanskrit “sakti” (शक्ति). In Vietnam it is known as the Hậu River (''Sông Hậu'' or ''Hậu Giang'' in Vietnamese). The Bassac River is an important transportation corridor between Cambodia and Vietnam, with barges and other craft plying the waters. A city of the same name was once the west-bank capital of the Kingdom of Champasak. Sak (សក្តិ) can also be seen in the Khmer spelling of Champasak; (ចំប៉ាសក្តិ). USS ''Satyr'' (ARL-23), a recommissioned repair ship originally built for the United States Navy during World War II, served on the Bassac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian International School Of Phnom Penh
Canadian International School of Phnom Penh is an international school in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It has three campuses: Koh Pich (Diamond Island), the Bassac Garden Preschool, and the Olympia City Preschool. The Koh Pich campus is in Chamkar Mon Section, the Bassac Garden Preschool is in Chamkar Mon Section, and the Olympia City Preschool is in Prampir Makara Section. History It was established in 2012. Initially it only had preschool grades. Construction on the main campus began in 2013. It opened the Koh Pich campus in 2015. The following year the Tuol Kork Tuol Kouk ( km, ទួលគោក ; meaning "Dry Hill") is a district (''khan'') in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Tuol Kouk is well known for the large villas in its northern part of the district. This district is subdivided into 10 '' sangkats'' and ... preschool opened. This campus was in the Sunway Tuol Kork. The Olympia City preschool opened in 2019. It is in the process of adding grades, with grade 12 to be added circ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum
The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum ( km, សារមន្ទីរឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្មប្រល័យពូជសាសន៍ទួលស្លែង) or simply Tuol Sleng ( km, ទួលស្លែង, link=no, ; lit. "Hill of the Poisonous Trees" or "Strychnine Hill") is a museum chronicling the Cambodian genocide. Located in Phnom Penh, the site is a former secondary school which was used as Security Prison 21 (S-21; km, មន្ទីរស-២១, link=no) by the Khmer Rouge regime from 1975 until its fall in 1979. From 1976 to 1979, an estimated 20,000 people were imprisoned at Tuol Sleng and it was one of between 150 and 196 torture and execution centers established by the Khmer Rouge. On 26 July 2010, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia convicted the prison's chief, Kang Kek Iew, for crimes against humanity and grave breaches of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. He died on 2 September 2020 while serving a life sentence. History To a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NagaCorp
NagaCorp Ltd. (Chinese: 金界控股有限公司) () is a Hong Kong-listed hotel, gaming and leisure company. Its Cambodian property, NagaWorld, is the country's largest hotel and gaming resort, and is Phnom Penh's only integrated hotel-casino entertainment complex. NagaCorp holds a 70-year casino licence in Cambodia which runs until 2065, and has a monopoly within a radius of Phnom Penh (except the Cambodia-Vietnam border area, Bokor, Kirirom Mountains, and Sihanoukville) until 2045. The Naga casino first opened on May 1, 1995 on a boat moored in the Mekong River in Phnom Penh. The casino moved to its current land-based facility in 2003. NagaCorp held its initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2006, making it the first gaming-related company to trade on the exchange, and the first company with operations in Cambodia to become publicly traded. Junket operator SunCity Group have a VIP Club located on Level 23 of Naga2 hotel tower in Phnom Penh. The company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khan Boeng Keng Kang
Boeng Keng Kang ( km, បឹងកេងកង ) is a section (''khan'') in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. This ''khan'' was created on January 8, 2019, according to sub-decree 03 អនក្រ.បក by taking 7 quarters (''sangkat'') from Chamkar Mon Section. It has a population of 66,658. Administration As of 2019, Boeng Keng Kang has 7 quarters (''sangkat'') and 55 villages (''phum''). Education Harrods International Academy Harrods International Academy (HIA) is an international school in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Philippa Barson is the principal. Its current campus finished construction circa 2019. It serves until grade 12. There are three campuses, all in Boeung Keng ... has two campuses in Boeung Keng Kang I: the main campus and the early years campus. References Boeng Keng Kang {{Cambodia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khan (Cambodia)
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'' (, ), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuol Svay Prey II
Tuol Svay Prey II (TSPII, km, ទួលស្វាយព្រៃទី២) is a quarter (''sangkat'') of Boeng Keng Kang Section (formerly of Chamkar Mon Section), Phnom Penh, Cambodia. In 2008 the staff of the ''Phnom Penh Post'' wrote that the area, "on the edge of the city", had an "urban" atmosphere, that it was "close to everything" and that it had "a strong sense of community." The newspaper added that "there is not a whole lot to do in the area. Unless you want to drive, the action is fairly limited." Transport Monireth Boulevard is to the northwest and Sihanouk Boulevard is to the northeast. The ''Phnom Penh Post'' wrote that those two roads, particularly during rush hour, can become congested. Education There are no international schools in the community. According to the ''Phnom Penh Post'', Singapore International School is the international school with the most proximity and that " Northbridge International School Cambodia is also very close." The publication d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boeung Keng Kang I
Boeng Keng Kang I (BKKI; km, បឹងកេងកងទី១) is a quarter (''sangkat'') in Boeng Keng Kang Section (formerly in Chamkar Mon Section), Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It has the nickname NGOville due to the presence of non-governmental organizations. Melanie Brew of the ''Phnom Penh Post'' described it as a "hip, trendy area" in 2008. Brew added that "There is also a feeling for some that the area is a little bit too cosmopolitan or international and is divided or separated from the "real" Cambodia." Education In regards to area international schools Brew stated they were "Some of the best schools in town". Harrods International Academy has two campuses in Boeung Keng Kang I: the main campus and the early years campus. Additionally Home of English is also in the community. Brew stated that ICan British International School and Zaman International School Paragon International School (Formerly Zaman International School) is a private bilingual inter ... [...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'' (, ), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
