Poipet
| ក្រុង ប៉ោយប៉ែត Poipet |
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| Coordinates | 13 ° 39 ′ N , 102 ° 34 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Cambodia | ||
| Banteay Meanchey | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | KH-1 | ||
| height | 39 m | ||
| Residents | 35,000 | ||
Poipet ( Khmer ក្រុង ប៉ោយប៉ែត , official transcription: Paôy Pêt ) is a city in the province of Banteay Meanchey in western Cambodia . It lies directly on the border with Thailand and is one of the most important border crossings between the two countries. Aranyaprathet is on the Thai side . National road 5 ends in Poipet .
There are several casinos on an approx. 200 meter wide strip between the actual border and the Cambodian checkpoint . This enables visitors from Thailand, where gambling is prohibited, to play here without having to go through the Cambodian border control .
Web links
Commons : Poipet - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Data on Poipet from Falling Rain Genomics