Keh Chong () is a
commune in
Bar Kaev District
Bar Kaev District () (also transliterated ''Bar Keo'') is a district in north-eastern Cambodia
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in northeast
Cambodia
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. It contains nine villages and has a population of 2,415.
In the 2007
commune council elections, four of its seats went to the
Cambodian People's Party
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and one went to the
Sam Rainsy Party
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. Land alienation is a problem of moderate severity in Ke Chong.
(See
Ratanakiri Province for background information on land alienation.)
Villages
References
{{RatanakiriProvince
Communes of Ratanakiri province