Kampong Trach District () is one of 8 districts in Kampot Province and it is located at the eastern part bordering

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

to the east,

Banteay Meas District Banteay Meas District ( ) is a district located in Kampot Province, in southern Cambodia Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered b ...

to the north, Kep Province to the west and the

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to the south.

Anlong Pring Crane Reserve Anlong County () is a county in the southwest of Guizhou province, China, bordering Guangxi to the south. It is under the administration of the Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. Administrative divisions Anlong County is divided into ...

is a small protected area in Kampong Trach near the Vietnamese border on the edge of the Mekong Delta.

Sarus crane The sarus crane (''Antigone antigone'') is a large nonmigratory Crane (bird), crane found in parts of the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and northern Australia. The tallest of the flying birds, standing at a height of up to , they are a c ...

s nest in the dry forest north of here in the wet season. During the dry season, a few hundred of these cranes take up residence at this reserve. The reserve is an IBA protection at 217 hectares, established on 6 January 2011. There is a similar sanctuary in the adjacent Takéo Province since 2007. A road border crossing into

is located in this district. The border crossing is called the Prek Chak International Border Checkpoint. The checkpoint on the Vietnamese side is called Ha Tien International Border Gate. The nearest Vietnamese town to the border crossing is

Ha Tien Ha may refer to: Agencies and organizations * Health authority, a former type of administrative organisation of the NHS in England and Wales * Hells Angels Motorcycle Club * Highways Agency (renamed ''Highways England'', now ''National Highways'' ...

. Kampong Trach Cave.JPG, Weathered mountains with cave systems

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Districts of Kampot province Cambodia–Vietnam border crossings {{Cambodia-geo-stub