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Kampong Thom City
Kampong Thom (), also Krong Kampong Thom, is the capital city of Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia lying on the bank of the Steung Saen River. It is a mid-way stopover on the National Highway 6 (Cambodia), National Highway No 6 halfway between Phnom Penh and Siem Reap.Matt Jacobson ''Adventure Cambodia: An Explorer's Travel Guide'' 9749575539 2004 p131 "Highway 6 continues on to the left, going to Kampong Thom and Siem Reap." The Kampong Thom High School is North of the river bridge, and the Kampong Thom Market is on the south side of the bridge, followed by the main street and dual carriageway. Further south along the road is Steung Saen Municipality, Steung Saen () also a district in Kampong Thom Province and a side road to the Floating Pagoda (វត្ត ក្ដីអណ្ដែត). One of Kampong Thom's landmarks is a roundabout with a statue of an elephant fighting two tigers. References External links

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List Of Cities In Cambodia
A list is a Set (mathematics), set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole".Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of ''The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, ...
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Provinces Of Cambodia
Cambodia is divided into 25 provinces (, ). The capital Phnom Penh is not a province but an "autonomous municipality" (, ; lit. 'capital'), equivalent to a province governmentally and administered at the same level as the other 24 provinces. Phnom Penh has both the highest population and the highest population density of all provinces, but is the second smallest in land area. The largest province by area is Mondulkiri and the smallest is Kep which is also the least populated province. Mondulkiri has the lowest population density. Each province is administered by a governor, who is nominated by the Ministry of Interior, subject to approval by the Prime Minister. Provinces are divided into districts (, ''srŏk''). The districts in Phnom Penh are called '' khan'' () normally written as for addresses in English followed by the districts' names (Ex: Khan Chamkar Mon; lit. 'Chamkar Mon District'). The number of districts in each province varies, from two in the smallest provin ...
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Districts Of Cambodia
This is a list of Cambodia's 163 districts ( ''srok''), 33 district-level municipalities ( ''krong'') and 14 sections ( ''khan'') organized by each province and an autonomous municipality (Phnom Penh). Banteay Meanchey Banteay Meanchey contains 7 Districts (ស្រុក Srok), 2 Municipalities (ក្រុង Krong) and 658 Villages (ភូមិ Phum). Battambang Battambang contains 13 Districts (ស្រុក Srok), 1 Municipality (ក្រុង Krong) and 844 Villages (ភូមិ Phum). Kampong Cham Kampong Cham contains 9 Districts (ស្រុក Srok), 1 Municipality (ក្រុង Krong) and 947 Villages (ភូមិ Phum). Kampong Chhnang Kampong Chhnang contains 7 Districts (ស្រុក Srok), 1 Municipality (ក្រុង Krong) and 569 Villages (ភូមិ Phum). Kampong Speu Kampong Speu contains 7 Districts (ស្រុក Srok), 2 Municipalities (ក្រុង Krong) and 1,365 Villages (ភូមិ Phum). ...
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Stueng Saen District
Stueng Saen Municipality () is a municipality, also a district within Kampong Thom province, in central Cambodia. According to the 1998 census of Cambodia, it had a population of 66,014. See page 110. Etymology Stueng Saen () means "river of soldiers" in Khmer. ''Stueng'' () means river in Khmer, while ''Saen'' () is derived from the Sanskrit Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural ... word ''Sena'' () meaning "soldier". Administration The following table shows the villages of Stueng Saen Municipality by commune. References Districts of Kampong Thom province {{Cambodia-geo-stub ...
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Ministry Of Planning (Cambodia)
The Ministry of Planning (MoP; ) is a government ministry responsible for socioeconomic planning and statistics management in Cambodia. The Ministry consists of two main parts; the General Directorate of Planning, and the National Institute of Statistics. The Ministry is located in Phnom Penh. See also * Census * Demographics * Government of Cambodia References External links Ministry of Planning homepageNational Institute of Statistics Planning Phnom Penh Cambodia Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline ...
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Cambodia
Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline along the Gulf of Thailand in the southwest. It spans an area of , dominated by a low-lying plain and the confluence of the Mekong river and Tonlé Sap, Southeast Asia's largest lake. It is dominated by a tropical climate and is rich in biodiversity. Cambodia has a population of about 17 million people, the majority of which are ethnically Khmer people, Khmer. Its capital and most populous city is Phnom Penh, followed by Siem Reap and Battambang. In 802 AD, Jayavarman II declared himself king, uniting the warring Khmer princes of Chenla Kingdom, Chenla under the name "Kambuja".Chandler, David P. (1992) ''History of Cambodia''. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, . This marked the beginning of the Khmer Empire. The Indianised kingdom facilitated ...
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Steung Saen River
Steung Saen River (ស្ទឹងសែន), sometimes spelt Steung Sen, is a river in Cambodia. It is a major tributary of the Tonlé Sap River. The Stung Sen River Basin is the largest among the 11 main tributaries around Tonlé Sap with a catchment surface of . The basin receives about of rain per year. The river passes through Preah Vihear Province Preah Vihear (, UNGEGN: ''Preăh Vĭhar'', ALA-LC: ''Braḥ Vihār'' ; lit. 'sacred sanctuary') is a province (''khaet'') of Cambodia. It borders the provinces of Oddar Meanchey and Siem Reap to the west, Kampong Thom to the south and Stung Tr ... and Kampong Thom Province. The northern extent of the river basin corresponds to the border with Thailand as in 1904, Siam and the French colonial authorities ruling Cambodia formed a joint commission to demarcate their mutual border to largely follow the watershed line of the Dângrêk mountain range. Etymology Steung Saen () means "river of soldiers" in Khmer. ''Steung'' () ...
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National Highway 6 (Cambodia)
National Highway 6 or National Road No.6 (10006) is one of the national highways of Cambodia. It is long (including 6A), it connects the capital of Phnom Penh with Banteay Meanchey through Siem Reap on the north shore of the Tonlé Sap Tonlé Sap (; , ; or commonly translated as 'Great Lake') is a lake in the northwest of Cambodia. Belonging to the Mekong, Mekong River system, Tonlé Sap is the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia and one of the most diverse and prod .... It terminates merging into the National Highway 5. National Highway 6A From Phnom Penh to the town of Skuon (), where it connects with National Highway 7, the highway has been upgraded to dual carriageway and it bears the name of National Highway 6A. References Roads in Cambodia {{Cambodia-transport-stub ...
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Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Cambodia, most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since 1865 and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its political, economic, industrial, and cultural centre. The city's name derives from Wat Phnom, a Buddhist temple, and Penh, Lady Penh, the city's founder. It sits at the confluence of the Tonlé Sap River, Tonlé Sap and Mekong rivers, and is the start of the Bassac River. It is also the seat of Monarchy of Cambodia, Cambodia's monarchy, based at the Royal Palace of Cambodia, Royal Palace. Founded in 1372, Phnom Penh succeeded Angkor Thom as the national capital in 1434 following the Dark ages of Cambodia, fall of Angkor, and remained so until 1497. It regained its capital status during the French protectorate of Cambodia, French colonial era. It underwent a period of investment and modernization during First Kingdom of Cambodia, Cambodia's independence period, earni ...
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Siem Reap
Siem Reap (, ) is the second-largest city of Cambodia, as well as the capital and largest city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia. Siem Reap possesses French-colonial and Chinese-style architecture in the Old French Quarter and around the Old Market. The city is a major hub for tourism in Cambodia due to its close proximity to the ancient temples of Angkor constructed during the Khmer Empire. In and around the city there are museums, traditional Apsara dance performances, a Cambodian cultural village, souvenir and handicraft shops, silk farms, rice paddies in the countryside, fishing villages and a bird sanctuary near Tonlé Sap, and a cosmopolitan drinking and dining scene. Siem Reap was named the ASEAN City of Culture for the period 2021–2022 at the 9th Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Culture and Arts (AMCA) organized on Oct 22, 2020. History The name "Siem Reap" can be translated to mean 'defeat of Siam' (''siem'' in Khmer) and ...
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Steung Saen Municipality
Stueng Saen Municipality () is a municipality, also a district within Kampong Thom province, in central Cambodia. According to the 1998 census of Cambodia, it had a population of 66,014. See page 110. Etymology Stueng Saen () means "river of soldiers" in Khmer. ''Stueng'' () means river in Khmer, while ''Saen'' () is derived from the Sanskrit Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural ... word ''Sena'' () meaning "soldier". Administration The following table shows the villages of Stueng Saen Municipality by commune. References Districts of Kampong Thom province {{Cambodia-geo-stub ...
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