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Capital: Kok Kong
Location: Southern
Area: 11,160 km2
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Population: 132,106
Density: 11.8 /km2
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| Botum Sakor , Kiri Sakor , Kaoh Kong , Smach Mean Chey , Mondol Seima , Srae Ambel , Thma Bang , Kampong Seila |
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| General Information
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The province of Koh Kong is a vast but sparsely populated area in
Cambodia's southwest, where the overwhelming majority of the population live along the coastline and where the mountains remain untamed. The Koh Kong Province has a total population of 132,106, covers an area of 11,160 square kilometres and comprises 8 districts).
The fishing is the main source of income for most residents. The tourism is tiny since most people are transiting from Thailand to Sihanoukville only, but there is great potential for future growth. Krong Koh Kong has several beaches in the vicinity. There is a beach a few kilometers south of town where the river estuary meets the sea. Locals like it and there are pedalos and jet skis for rent. Farther afield are countless veaches that can be accessed by moto or boat. There are some fantastic beaches on the western side of the island of Koh Kong, but there aren't so cheap to get to. Try to pay around 800B per boat for a round-trip charter.
There are some scenic waterfalls upriver from Krong Koh Kong, although in the dry season they are less impressive, as the water level drops. The water is fairly pure as it comes down from Chuor Phnom Kravanh, where there are almost no human settlements. The most spectacular is Tatal Waterfall, located nearly an hour upstream from Koh Kong. Set in a lush jungle gorge, it is a thundering set of rapids in the wet season, plunging over a 4m rock shelf. In the dry season, visitors can walk across much of the ledge, rather like at the famous Victoria Falls on the Zimbabwe-Zambia border. The wet season is more spectacular, but the dry season is more fun, as it is possible to take a dip in the gentle-flowing river.
The Tatai waterfall can be reached on the road to Sre Ambel. once the road works are finished it will be signposted. There is a second waterfall or set of rapids, known as Koh Poi Waterfall, on another tributary of the river. It's great to clamber about here in the dry season, as there are immense boulders to use as stepping stones.
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