Diamond Island ( km, កោះពេជ្រ, , lit. "Diamond Island") is a satellite city in
Phnom Penh on the
Mekong
The Mekong or Mekong River is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's twelfth longest river and the third longest in Asia. Its estimated length is , and it drains an area of , discharging of water annuall ...
and
Bassac rivers.
The land was a swamp until the year 2000, but it is now (2017) under work and could become the
Phnom Penh residential district and a separate municipality.
A neighborhood named "Elysée" has a style inspired by Paris.
[ ] In other areas, high towers are under construction.
Almost all of the island is in
Chamkar Mon Section.
Education
The
Canadian International School of Phnom Penh has its main campus in Koh Pich; this campus opened in 2015.
Gallery
File:Koh-Pich-Triumphal- arch-2018.jpg,
File:KohPich2018-9.jpg,
File:KohPich2018-8.jpg,
File:Sangkat Tonle Basak, Phnom Penh, Cambodia - panoramio (2).jpg,
File:KohPichCityHall-2017-2.jpg,
The 2010 accident
The
Phnom Penh stampede was a deadly stampede that occurred during the
Water Festival
The Water Festival is the New Year's celebrations that take place in Southeast Asian nations such as Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand as well as among the Dai people of China. It is called the 'Water Festival' by Westerners because they n ...
at Diamond Island in
Cambodia
Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailan ...
. It resulted in 347 people being killed and at least 755 being injured.
References
External links
Project for the island
A film
Islands of Cambodia
Planned cities in Cambodia
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