Chbar Mon () is the capital of

Kampong Speu Province Kampong Speu (, ; ) is a province of Cambodia. It borders the provinces of Pursat and Kampong Chhnang to the north, Kandal to the east, Takéo to the southeast, Kampot to the south and Koh Kong to the west. Its capital is the town of Chba ...

in central

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. Most of the townspeople speak only Khmer, but some are conversant in

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(They can usually be found employed by the small coffeeshops/restaurants or shops). The center of the town hosts a market, surrounded by bicycle shops, a dispensary and small restaurants. There is a guesthouse ( Pheng Ang Guesthouse) just minutes away for travelers. Chbar Mon has numerous privately run schools and orphanages run by social and missionary organizations from

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, the

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and other countries.

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