Oddar Meanchey

ឧត្ដរមានជ័យ Oddar Meanchey Province
Basic data
Country	Cambodia
Capital	Samraong
surface	6158 km²
Residents	269,500 (2017)
density	44 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	KH-22
At the market in Samraong

Coordinates: 14 ° 15 '  N , 103 ° 30'  E

Oddar Meanchey ( Khmer : ឧត្ដរមានជ័យ , transcription: Ŏtâr Méanchey , pronunciation in IPA : [ otɑr miːə̯nceə̯j ]) is a province in northern Cambodia . It was formed on April 27, 1999 from the northern part of Siem Reap Province and part of Banteay Meanchey Province . Oddar Meanchey already existed from 1962 to 1970 under the regime of Norodom Sihanouk's Sangkum Reastr Niyum , but was later an administrative no man's land alternately as a district or province under changing regimes.

The provincial capital is called Samraong ( Sâmraông សំរោង [ samɽaːo̯ŋ ]). Anlong Veng is better known as the former final retreat of the Khmer Rouge and the place where Pol Pot died, as well as the border town of O Smach, where several casinos have been built that are mainly visited by Thais.

administration

The province is divided into five districts:

Geocode	Khmer	District names
2201	ស្រុក អន្លង់វែង	Anlong Veng
2202	ស្រុក បន្ទាយអំពិល	Banteay Ampil
2203	ស្រុក ចុងកាល់	Chong Kal
2204	ក្រុង សំរោង	Samraong
2205	ស្រុក ត្រពាំងប្រាសាទ	Trapeang Prasat

statistics

Oddar Meanchey has about 185,443 inhabitants (as of 2008) on an area of ​​6,158 km². In 2017 the population was estimated at 269,500.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistically projected population figures for 2017 on citipopulation.de
2. ↑ From coup to casinos: the forgotten frontier of Oddar Meanchey. In: The Phnom Penh Post . July 6, 2001.
3. ↑ General Population Census of Cambodia 2008. Provisional Population Totals. National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, September 3, 2008.
4. ↑ Statistically projected population figures for 2017 on citipopulation.de

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