Pailin (Province)

ខេត្ត ប៉ៃលិន Pailin Province
Basic data
Country	Cambodia
Capital	Pailin
surface	803 km²
Residents	117,600 (2017)
density	146 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	KH-24

Coordinates: 12 ° 51 '  N , 102 ° 36'  E

Pailin ( ប៉ៃលិន , transcription: Pailĭn , IPA : [ pai̯lin ]) is a province of Cambodia with the provincial capital of the same name . The province is located in the west of the country on the northern edge of the Cambodian Cardamom Mountains and borders the Battambang Province and Thailand . The province was detached from Battambang Province as a province-level municipality in 1996 and made a province by a royal decree in 2008.

The Pailin Province is divided into two districts, eight parishes and 82 villages:

Districts			assigned municipalities
Geocode	Khmer	District names
2401	ក្រុងប៉ៃលិន	Krong Pailin	Sangkat Pailin Sangkat Ou Ta Vau Sangkat Tuol Lvea Sangkat Bar Yakha
2402	សាលាក្រៅ	Sala Krau	Sala Krau Stueng Trang Stueng Kach Ou Andoung

Web links

Commons : Pailin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Pailin  - Travel Guide

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistically projected population figures for 2017 on citipopulation.de
2. ↑ ^{a b} Economic Census of Cambodia 2011: Provincial Report, 24 Pailin Province (PDF)